The poster area will be located on Level 3 of the Palais des Congrès de Paris. All posters will be displayed for the entire duration of the Congress, from 23rd to 27th July.
Poster discussions will take place during the morning, lunch and afternoon breaks on Wednesday 24th July through Saturday 27th July (please refer to the detailed programme).
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Sign Language and Deaf Studies |
| Poster number | Title | Presenter(s) | Country |
| P001 | Community Accountability in our Deaf Community: How We Can Support Hearing Families with Deaf & Hard of Hearing Children by Sharing Personal #whyisign Stories in Our Native Sign Languages | Ms Stacy Abrams | USA |
| P002 | Phonological Process in Saudi Sign Language | Ms Maram Aljuaid | Saudi Arabia |
| P003 | LGBT Studies: Identities, Bodies and Hands of Deaf Subjects | Pr. Sheila Costa & Pr Roberto Costa |
Brazil |
| P004 | How different are sign language lexicons? A Global Signbank for lexical comparisons of sign languages | Dr Carl Börstell | Netherlands |
| P005 | “Familiar” signs in an international context: Kinship terms and utilisation of newly learned vocabulary in cross-signing |
Mr Tashi Bradford & Pr. Onno Crasborn | Netherlands |
| P006 | The rapid building of intersubjectivity in cross-signing | Mr Kang-Suk Byun | Republic of Korea |
| P007 | A comparison of (the relationships between) language support policies and language attitudes in the UK and Korea | Mr Kang-Suk Byun | Republic of Korea |
| P008 | Examining Grammatical Facial Expressions in Chinese Sign Language Conditionals | Mr Gang Chen | China |
| P009 | A look at the current situation of the Deaf language and culture in Taiwan | Ms Hsuan-Ju Chen & Mr Wu-lung Chin | Taiwan |
| P010 | Under the SIGN of Jean MASSIEU 02/09/1772 – 21/07/1846 & + Advocacy for a gateway African sign language |
Pr. Jean-Paul Collard | France |
| P011 | Leadership and citizen participation of deaf people in Mexico City and their contribution as a socio-political pre-condition, necessary for the recognition of the Mexican Sign Language. The case of the DLSM-CDMX | Mr Ernesto Escobedo | Mexico |
| P012 | Towards a New Paradigm within the Deaf Studies Field: Introducing Deaf Crits | Dr Genie Gertz | USA |
| P013 | Deaftopia: Utopian Representations and Community Dreams by the Deaf | Ms Cristina Gil | Portugal |
| P014 | The Deaf representations in cultural productions: visual literature on the internet and their possibilities | Pr. João Ricardo Jesus | Brazil |
| P015 | Borrowings into Russian Sign Language and the issue of language policy | Ms Anna Komarova & Ms Tatyana Davidenko | Russian Federation |
| P016 | Sign Language Teaching and Learning: Its Impact on Deaf and Hearing Communities – Two Interrelated Facets or Will You Marry a Deaf/Hearing Person? | Ms Anna Komarova | Russian Federation |
| P017 | Sign languages for all ! | Ms Sonia Abecassis | France |
| P018 | Sign language in Jewish antiquity | Mr Georges Lehrer | Belgium |
| P019 | One year in: reflections on the design and early implementation of British Sign Language Awards in Scotland | Ms Margaret Kinsman & Ms Catherine Drew | United Kingdom |
| P020 | Analysis of the collaborative process that takes place within a team, comprised by deaf and hearing researchers, who work with deaf and hearing teachers. How did collaboration evolve and what did we learn in the process? | Ms Maribel González & Ms Verónica Escobar | Chile |
| P021 | The New Zealand Sign Language Board: Working with Government to Promote and maintain NZSL | Ms Victoria Manning & Dr Rachel McKee | New Zealand & USA |
| P022 | GESTU SIgn Language Dictionary | Mr Georg Marsh | Austria |
| P024 | Reframing Human Development Models Through Deaf Lenses | Mr Joshua Mora & Mr Wyatte Hall | USA |
| P025 | Deaf Tourist Practices in Bali and Yogyakarta, Indonesia | Dr Erin Moriarty Harrelson | USA |
| P026 | Deaf Inmates Rights in Spain | Ms Marta Muñoz | Spain |
| P027 | Legal Self-Defense Guide for the Deaf | Ms Marta Muñoz | Spain |
| P028 | Watch Us – rediscovering ourselves as a community | Ms Rachel Noble & Ms Thora Huebner | New Zealand |
| P029 | Signs for Europe – exporting a successful training concept | Ms Ingrid Pointecker | Austria |
| P030 | Deaf Studies in Germany: A Critical Overview | Pr. Christian Rathmann & Mr Thomas Geissler | Germany |
| P031 | Deaf vs Sign Language Users – what are advantage and disadvantage? – based on the experience of the sign language users in the DPR of Korea | Mr Kyong Su Ro | Democratic People’s Republic of Korea |
| P032 | The Evolution of Deafblind Individuals in the Modern Generation | Mr Korian Thomas | USA |
| P033 | The Impact of the Asia-Pacific Sign Linguistics Training and Research Programme for the Deaf Empowerment in Indonesia | Ms Laura Lesmana Wijaya & Ms Silva Isma | Indonesia |
| P034 | Public DGS corpus: Possible uses for the sign language community and researchers | Ms Satu Worseck | Germany |
| P036 | Sign Language gain as a lobbying tool – best practices | Ms Lissa Zeviar | Netherlands |
| P037 | Experience of working in a club for deaf lovers of the Russian language in Moscow | Ms Liudmila Zhadan | Russian Federation |
Deaf Education |
| Poster number | Title | Presenter(s) | Country |
| P038 | Reflections on the project of bilingualism for students with hearing impairment | Dr Francisco M. Alonso Cárdenas | Spain |
| P039 | American School for the Deaf: Global Gateway to Deaf Education | Mr Jeffrey Bravin | USA |
| P040 | Sign Language Teaching: Challenges and Opportunities | Ms Antoinette Bruecher & Mr Alexander Straub | Germany |
| P041 | Right-based education and professional support of Deaff/HH Children in Hradec Kralove, Czech Republic | Mr Radek Cervinka | Czech Republic |
| P042 | Stop Treating Deaf Children as Parrots. Access to Sign Language in Schools | Dr Alim Chandani & Mr Tushar Viradiya | India |
| P043 | Raising the profile of sign language teachers | Mr Danny De Weerdt | Finland |
| P044 | Promoting Filipino Deaf’s Language Right in First Bilingual School for Deaf Secondary Students in the Philippines: Case Study Findings and Lessons Learned | Ms Theresa Christine Dela Torre & Pr. Dr Christopher Kurz | Philippines & USA |
| P045 | BSL Curriculum for Primary and Secondary School: The Design Process | Ms Catherine Drew | United Kingdom |
| P046 | Poor academic achievements of deaf children in Ghana: Perception of educators about causes and implications on deaf education | Mr Juventus Duorinaah & Dr Mprah Kwadwo Wisdom | Solomon Islands & Ghana |
| P047 | Facets of academic ASL in early childhood: What we can learn from watching Deaf parents with their Deaf children | Ms Alayna Finley | Canada |
| P048 | Learn, Collaborate and Teach: Conferences as a Pedagogical Tool for Teachers | Dr Patrick Graham & Pr. Tawny Holmes & Mr Christopher Majeri | USA |
| P049 | The future way of being professional trained teachers for our Austrian Sign Language, deaf pupils and KODA. A Module “Sign Language Pedagogy” for the Secondary School at the Centre for Teacher Education at the University of Vienna | Mrs Barbara Hager | Austria |
| P050 | Changing the way we teach literacy; an evidence based teaching methodology for teaching reading to young Deaf and hard of hearing learners in Uganda and Tanzania | Dr Sam Lutalo-Kiingi & Ms Emmie Wienhoven | Uganda & Netherlands |
| P051 | State and challenges on Deaf education in Mozambique | Mr Armando Mafanhana & Pr. Vladimir Bazoev | Mozambique & Russian Federation |
| P052 | Promote Positive Transition Towards Deaf Children and Youth: Successful School-to-Work or Higher Education | Mr Gary Malkowski | Canada |
| P053 | Teaching language for learning: overcoming barriers to education for deaf children in Kenya | Mr Richard Mativu | United Kingdom |
| P054 | Deaf students’ well-being: a matter of peer support, professional engagement and identity | Mrs Anne Missud | Canada |
| P055 | Green Screen Filming Project in a Primary School Setting | Mrs Katherine O’grady-Bray | United Kingdom |
| P056 | Inclusive education and deaf students: limits and possibilities within chilean educational reform | Ms Ignacia Sauvalle | Chile |
| P057 | An analysis of Nepali Deaf Children on the impact of NSL/written Nepali bilingual reading e-Book | Mr Arjun Shrestha | Nepal |
| P058 | Artistic processes as a platform for knowledge and dialogue about body, communication and linguistic diversity | Ms Ellen Spens & Ms Najlaa Sad Aldeen | Sweden |
| P059 | A perfect team: Deaf and hearing trainers teaching in Sign Language | Ms Nadine Dlouhy | Austria |
International Cooperation and Development |
| Poster number | Title | Presenter(s) | Country |
| P060 | Deaf refugees – inclusion with Sign Language | Ms Nadine Dlouhy | Austria |
| P061 | Supporting Deaf Accessibility in Syria | Mr Feras Al-Moubayed | Syria |
| P063 | Advancing An Equitable Model of International Development | Ms History Estill-Varner | USA |
| P064 | Japan International Cooperation Agency and Deaf Japanese Volunteer | Ms Meri Hirose | Japan |
| P065 | Models for deaf inclusion in international development | Ms Rose Nyagwoka | Kenya |
| P066 | Promoting heritage identities, languages and cultures | Ms Jayde Perry | Australia |
| P067 | Think, Collobrative and Elevate | Ms Kavita Pipalia | USA |
| P068 | Deaf asylum seekers´experiences of communication and living in reception centres in Finland | Ms Nina Sivunen | Finland |
| P069 | UK-China-Malaysia Universities and Deaf Community Collaboration for Promoting Chinese Deaf Youth Multilingual Practices | Dr Junhui Yang | United Kingdom |
Technology and Accessibility |
| Poster number | Title | Presenter(s) | Country |
| P070 | UgSL Tutor; a mobile application that aids deaf and hearing people learn Uganda Sign Language and english through use of dictionary means. [Word meaning; description and a synonym] | Mr Ahereza Noah & Mr Samuel Mugabi | Uganda & Rwanda |
| P071 | An innovative media centre run by Deaf and hearing people to promote professional sign language interpreting service in China | Dr Bin Chen & Ms Wei Wang | China |
| P072 | The Asian SignBank | Mr Ka Yiu Cheng | Hong Kong |
| P073 | All Children Reading: Grand Challenge for Development – Sign On for Literacy | Mr Will Clurman & Mr Kyle Duarte | USA |
| P074 | HANDS UP – Exhibition about Deafness | Mr Matthias Fenkart | Austria |
| P075 | Assessing Information Access Service Plan for 2020 Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games: in pursuit of equal access to sporting events and cultural life for deaf spectators | Mr Naoki Kurano | Japan |
| P076 | Teach conversational sign language the Deaf Way: Our framework in developing The ASL App | Ms Megan Malzkuhn | USA |
| P077 | The Need of Silent Early Warning System in Disaster Risk Reduction for Deaf People in Indonesia | Dr Aries Munandar & Ms Deicy Silvia Wenas | Indonesia |
| P078 | National Songs Video Clips in Sign Language as the Media to Learn Sign Language and to Promote Social Inclusion in Indonesia | Dr Aries Munandar & Ms Deicy Silvia Wenas | Indonesia |
| P080 | Bilingual books in British Sign Language and English: the development of e-Book | Ms Katherine O’grady-Bray | United Kingdom |
| P081 | Fairy tales in the Slovenian Sign Language | Ms Valerija Skof | Slovenia |
Health |
| Poster number | Title | Presenter(s) | Country |
| P082 | Recognising the opinion of Deaf signing women regarding their power to act on the social determinants of health | Dr Rana Annous & Ms Marie-Josée Blier | Canada |
| P083 | Experiences of Audism during Pregnancy and Birth by Deaf Women | Ms Nena Bar | Israel |
| P084 | Sign Language Access in Psychological Testing | Dr Cathy Chovaz | Canada |
| P085 | The Validity of the Test of Memory Malingering (TOMM) with Deaf Indivduals | Dr Cathy Chovaz | Canada |
| P086 | Pregnancy outcomes of Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Women | Pr. Dr Jess Cuculick | USA |
| P087 | Deaf sign language users and family health history: Is there sufficient information being shared among deaf family members? | Pr. Dr Jess Cuculick | USA |
| P088 | The cochlear implant, an industry to analyze | Dr Jean Dagron | France |
| P089 | Politics for Deaf Women from Feneis – National Education and Integration of Deaf People: the Social Problematic and Conquers | Pr. Auxiliadora De Araújo & Pr. Lygia Neves | Brazil |
| P090 | Tick-borne Disease: Preventive Strategies for the Deaf Population in Ecuador, United States, and Micronesia | Mr Lorne Farovitch | USA |
| P091 | Global Deaf Health: Creating Health Equity for Deaf People Worldwide | Dr Wyatte Hall & Dr Shazia Siddiqi | USA |
| P092 | Adverse Childhood Experiences of Deaf People | Dr Wyatte Hall & Dr Shazia Siddiqi | USA |
| P093 | Using Art Therapy for Early Development Intervention in Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children | Mr Noel King | USA |
| P094 | Moving from Research to Practice: Making Patient Reported Outcomes Measure Accessible in Signed Languages for Deaf People | Dr. Poorna Kushalnagar & Ai Takayama |
USA |
| P095 | Toward Better Access to Health Information Using Information and Communications Technology Among Deaf People | Mr Emmanuel Lubart & Mr Ambrose Murangira | Switzerland & Uganda |
| P096 | Menstrual hygiene for Deaf girls in Africa | Ms Ashura Michael | Kenya |
| P097 | Palliative and End of Life Care in Newfoundland’s Deaf Community | Mr Myles Murphy | Canada |
| P098 | Developing better services against domestic violence / Hearing the voice of Sign Language users, Deafs and Deafblinds |
Ms Sanna Paasonen | Finland |
| P099 | Study on knowledge of the Pap-test for deaf women who use Sign Language | Ms Ana Isabel Sanz Lledó | Spain |
| P100 | Women, Deaf Culture and Health Literacy: Examining the Gap Between Deaf and Hearing College Students | Dr Deirdre Schlehofer | USA |
| P101 | Create a hotline in sign language for the deaf children and young people – full access to support without any barrier | Mr Stine Venseth & Ms Jamila Ouahid | Sweden |
| P102 | Innovating Health Affirmative Actions for the Deaf in Indonesia | Ms Deicy Silvia Wenas & Dr Aries Munandar | Indonesia |
Employment |
| Poster number | Title | Presenter(s) | Country |
| P103 | Student services from the perspective of Deaf and Hard of Hearing students in Europe | Mr Alessandro Abbate & Ms Zoë McWhinney | Italy & United Kingdom |
| P105 | A brighter future in employment for deaf young people in India | Mrs Nita Gopalakrishnan | United Kingdom |
| P106 | SIDE – Developing a Blended Learning Model for better employment chances for the Deaf | Ms Monika Haider | Austria |
| P107 | Modernizing Employment Services and Employer Supports: Barrier-Free Employment Initiatives and Accomplishments of Deaf Youth Opportunities & Careers in Canada | Mr Gary Malkowski | Canada |
| P108 | Pathways to equal employment opportunities for deaf youth in East Africa | Mr Ambrose Murangira & Ms Judith Baart & Mr Schot Sander | Uganda |
| P109 | Employment Preparation Programs for Deaf Children in a Developing Country | Dr Loveth Onuekwusi | Nigeria |
| P110 | Modern learning of written language for deaf employees with software support | Dr Hans-Guenther Ritz & Mr Joern Koch | Germany |
| P111 | Deaf-led businesses in a sociological perspective | Ms Mette Sommer Lindsay | United Kingdom |