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Hearing loss is a condition that describes inability to use the hearing organ for maximal purpose of hearing due to a defect/damage in its biological functioning.   Hearing loss comes in different measures. It may be severe-profound hearing loss which is deafness or mild-moderate hearing loss which is called hard-of-hearing. A deaf person is unable …

Sign Language contributes to better Living of Persons with Hearing Loss Read More »

– By Raji Ade Oba (RAJ COMMUNICATIONS) “Man’s default tendency after a successful shot at success is to relax too much and act like that’s all there is- thereby cut shorting his divinely-limitless potentials. Man must possess a capacity for self-elasticity- to be able to stretch, to resize, to rebound, but also to give more, …

The Deaf World We Deserve Read More »

– By Raji Ade Oba (RAJ COMMUNICATIONS) “Man has grown meanly distrustful of his fellow men- questioning others’ authenticity- their love and value, their judgements ad qualifications, and their faith and humanity. But the gap widens- between where we are and where we needed to be; between what we do and what we needed to …

The Deaf in the 21st Century: Creating a Balance Between Deaf Culture and Mainstream Read More »

– By Raji Ade Oba (RAJ COMMUNICATIONS) “The thing that’s probably the most important is having an ability to communicate, and to be able to express ourselves with pure clarity and pristine courtesy, because it is good for our survival. It’s good for our relationships. It’s good for our emotional wellness.”  — By Raji Ade …

The Deaf: Communication as A Tool for Personal Development Read More »

– By Raji Ade Oba (RAJ COMMUNICATIONS) “For the Deaf, the eyes have become our most critical tools for life. With this pair of eyes, we see, we feel, we hear, we perceive, and with them we understand the dynamics of the world around us. But without this pair of eyes, we are as good …

SEEING, THE ABILITY TO SEE WITH YOUR NAKED EYES, IS A PRIVILEGE Read More »

– By Raji Ade Oba (RAJ COMMUNICATIONS)  “Disability, if “unchecked”, does not only affect personal and family functioning, it undermines every civilized nation’s capacity to realize its human and capital potentials.”  — By Raji Ade Oba Nothing gives me greater joy and more gratification than a discussion regarding disability and the health condition of our …

Disability and Our Society Read More »

– By Julius Shemang ( African Deaf Initiative) Paper presented by Julius Shemang; he lost his hearing at the age of 16,read Special education but later took up advocacy issues of the rights of the Deaf and other Nigerians with disabilities; he is teacher, writer, publisher and rights activist; he was the first deaf person …

SOCIAL INCLUSION OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH DISABILITIES. Read More »

– By Julius Shemang (African Deaf Initiative) Paper presented by Julius Shemang; he lost his hearing at the age of 16,read Special education but later took up advocacy issues of the rights of the Deaf and other Nigerians with disabilities; he is teacher, writer, publisher and rights activist; he was the first deaf person in …

DEAF RIGHTS IN NIGERIA Read More »