Danish Deaf Association

The Danish Deaf Association (Danish: Danske Døves Landsforbund, DDL) is a private advocacy group which works to ensure better living conditions for deaf people in Denmark. It campaigns for equality between deaf and hearing people in education, paid employment and accessibility, as well as the legal status and accessibility of Danish Sign Language.[1]

Danish Deaf Association
Danske Døves Landsforbund
AbbreviationDDL
PredecessorDøvstummeforeningen af 1866
Formation18 May 1935 (1935-05-18)
PurposeDeaf advocacy
HeadquartersCopenhagen, Denmark
Location
Chair
Lars Ahlburg
Websiteddl.dk

History

In 1866, a group of deaf craftsmen in Copenhagen who had attended the Danish Institute of Deafness founded an association called Døvstummeforeningen af 1866 ('the Deaf-mute Association of 1866').[2] On 29 October 1898 they formally opened their own building at Brohusgade 17 in Nørrebro. At the 4th Congress of the Council of the Deaf in Sønderborg on 18 May 1935, it was decided to found a nationwide association, the Danish Deaf Association.[3]

The Danish Deaf Association later helped found Døvefilm in 1963, a production company that produces TV programs for the deaf.[4]

Danish Sign Language advocacy

The organization worked for the formal recognition of Danish Sign Language as a separate language, which was achieved in 2014.[5][6] Upon its recognition, the Danish Sign Language Council was established. The Danish Deaf Association appoints a member to the council.[7] The Danish Deaf Association has also pushed for Danish authorities to make information available in Danish Sign Language, such as information about the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]

Memberships

The Danish Deaf Association is a member of the World Federation of the Deaf,[9] the European Union of the Deaf since 1985,[10] and the Nordic Council of the Deaf.

References
  1. "VEDTÆGTER FOR Danske Døves Landsforbund 2017" (PDF). Danske Døves Landsforbund (in Danish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 October 2019.
  2. Brentari, Diane (2010). Sign Languages. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781139487399.
  3. "Danske Døves Landsforbund". Den Store Danske (in Danish). Archived from the original on 12 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  4. "Historie". www.deaftv.dk (in Danish). Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  5. "Døve vil have tegnsprog anerkendt som selvstændigt sprog". Politiken (in Danish). 5 May 2012. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  6. "LOV nr 517 af 26/05/2014, Kulturministeriet". Retsinformation (in Danish). Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  7. "Dansk Tegnsprogsråd – DSN". Dansk sprognævn (in Danish). Archived from the original on 23 November 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  8. "Døve har i over et år savnet coronaoplysninger på tegnsprog". Berlingske (in Danish). 7 March 2021. Archived from the original on 11 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  9. "WFD Ordinary Members". World Federation of the Deaf. Archived from the original on 5 August 2020.
  10. "Denmark". European Union of the Deaf. Archived from the original on 2 March 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
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