| Poland Polski Związek Głuchych Established: 1946 Address: Ul. Podwale 23, 00-261 Warsaw, Poland Contact details: Email: biuro@zgpzg.org.pl Fax: (+48) 22 635 75 36 Phone: (+48) 22 831 40 71 Website link: http://www.pzg.org.pl
Mission statement of the organisation The Association's mission is to associate, integrate and rehabilitate Deaf and hearing impaired people to jointly solve problems and act for equal developmental, educational, occupational and social opportunities.
Details of the Board President and Executive Director: Andrzej Kopeć (HoH) Board Members: Krzysztof Kowal - 1. Vice President (HoH), Adam Stromidło - 2. Vice President (HoH), Kajetana Maciejska-Roczan - 3. Vice President (D), Kamil Noworyta - Secretary (HoH), Ryszard Lityński (D), Stanisław Mizerski (D), Piotr Nowak (HoH), Józef Topczenko (D)
Statistics General Population of your country? (Including hearing people) 38,126,000 Official or approximate figures of the number of Deaf people living in your country? approximately 100,000 (including hard of hearing) Official or approximate numbers of Deaf people who use sign language as their primary language? approximately 50,000 How many people are members of the NAD? approximately 33,000 Does your National Association of the Deaf publish any magazine or newsletters for your members? Yes (Świat Ciszy) Does your National Association of the Deaf have Youth section? Yes
Status of Sign Language Is Sign Language legally recognised as part of your Government's constitution? No Is there any campaign to get Sign Language legally recognised? Yes, The Polish Association of the Deaf is participating in a campaign to get the Polish government to adopt a regulation which will force all public TV stations to broadcast all their programmes with subtitles from 2010 on.
Status of Sign Language Interpreters Approximate number of qualified sign language interpreters: 250 Details of training centre/courses: Centrum Edukacji Języka Migowego [Sign Language Training Centre]
Technology Does your country provide Video Interpreting Service? No If not, when will it be implemented? Within 5 years
Deaf centre/clubs How many Deaf centres/clubs? 130 (114 local clubs and 16 local branches)
Universities/Sign Language Units Are there any Universities that deals with Sign Language? (Deaf Studies, Linguistics, Interpreting) Yes, Sign Language and Linguistics Studies for postgraduates has been available at the University of Warsaw since October 2008. Sign language courses are available for students at several universities: University of Warsaw, Catholic University of Lublin, Warsaw Medical University, Warmia and Mazuria University of Olsztyn, University of Warsaw, Maria Grzegorzewska Academy of Special Education
Deaf Schools Number of Deaf Schools: About 42 (primary and secondary levels) Education method (Sign Language, Oral or other methods): oral (one school), bilingual (one school), combined methods (all other schools)
History of the NAD The Association was established in 1946 after the Polish Union of Associations of the Deaf-Mute, which was set up in 1925 as a result of the Deaf social movement that had existed in the Polish territories since 1876. It was active until the outbreak of World War II. The Association is a direct continuation of the tradition, and the ideological and rehabilitation ideals of the Deaf movement. Who are the most important people in your country's history? Kazimierz Włostowski, Roman Petrykiewicz, Stanisław Siła-Nowicki, Zdzisław Bielonko, Marian Bronikowski, Romuald Kuś, Kazimierz Diehl
Last updated: 20 April 2010 |
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