| Italy Ente Nazionale per la protezione e l'assistenza dei Sordi - Onlus Established: 1932 Address: Via Gregorio VII n.120, 00165 Rome, Italy Contact details: Email: presidenza@ens.it Fax: (+39) 06 39 80 52 31 Phone: (+39) 06 39 80 51 Website link: http://www.ens.it
Mission statement of the organisation ENS represents and defends the moral, civil, cultural and economic rights of Italian deaf people ascribed to them by law, acting also through its designated legal representatives on the basis of Italian laws. The main aim of ENS, which is not-for-profit organisation for the exclusive pursuit of social solidarity - is the social inclusion of deaf people, promoting their unity. The ENS protects, represents, promotes and improves the dignity and the autonomy of deaf people, as well as their full civil rights in all fields of life, such as self-determination, accessibility and information, formation and integration in the educational, professional, working and social fields, the full realization of job rights for the deaf, favouring employment and professional activity in individual and cooperative forms, sign language, total and bilingual communication, rehabilitation, culture, sports, leisure and recreational activities. The ENS abjures aggressive nursing and any kind of discrimination aimed at limiting or hurting individual freedom and dignity.
Details of the Board President: Ida Collu (D) Board Members: Nicola Dentamaro (D) - Franco Zatini (D) - Sebastiano Manciagli (D) - Giuseppe Petrucci (D) - Franco Pedrali (D) - Angelo Santoro (D)
Details of the Staff Executive Director: Orietta Leonardi (H)
Statistics General Population of your country? (Including hearing people) 59,337,888 Official or approximate figures of the number of Deaf people living in your country? About 60,000 Official or approximate numbers of Deaf people who use sign language as their primary language? The majority of deaf people use sign language How many people are members of the NAD? 32,000 Does your National Association of the Deaf publish any magazine or newsletters for your members? Yes, a magazine called "Parole & Segni" (Words & Signs). More info on our website. Does your National Association of the Deaf have Youth section? Yes, "Comitato Giovani Sordi Italiani" (CGSI), see http://www.ens.it/cgsi
Status of Sign Language Is Sign Language legally recognised as part of your Government's constitution? No Is there any campaign to get the sign language legally recognised? There are several campaigns and draft bills asking for official Italian Sign Language (LIS) recognition. Last bill proposed about deaf social inclusion - which also included the recognition of Italian Sign Language - was pre-approved by the Council of Ministers, but suspended due to the Italian Government crisis.
Status of Sign Language Interpreters Approximate number of qualified sign language interpreters: N/A Details of training centre/courses: There are two main SL Interpreters Associations providing for training for interpreters, ANIOS and ANIMU. Our association also provides for SL Interpreters training.
Technology Does your country provide Video Interpreting Service? We have video chat services at: http://www.mondoens.it
Deaf centre/clubs How many deaf centres/clubs? 103 provincial deaf clubs and 19 regional deaf clubs Details of the deaf centre/clubs: More info on our website.
Universities/Sign Language Units Are there any universities that deal with Sign Language? (Deaf Studies, Linguistics, Interpreting) 1) Universita' Ca' Foscari di Venezia (Venice) 3) Universita' degli Studi Suor Orsolo Benincasa - Napoli (Naples) 3) Universita' degli Studi di Trieste
Deaf Schools Number of Deaf Schools: 25 Education method (Sign Language, Oral or other methods): Sign Language, Oral and Bilingual, depending on the school.
History of the NAD Full ENS history is available in the following book: Storia dell'Ente Nazionale Sordomuti, ENS 2004. Who are the most important people in your country's history? Tommaso Silvestri, Antonio Magarotto, Cesare Magarotto, Girolamo Cardano, Alessandro Volta, Filippo Smaldone, Vittorio Ieralla, Francesco Rubino
Last updated: 03 February 2010 |
