Day3:Communicating in the Silence (diversAbility - a festival for All)
Following the Hong Kong Sign Language Day on 18 September, the Hong Kong Society for the Deaf is bringing our campus their techno-games on deaf and the HK sign language -- a VR game to experience how you communicate as a person without hearing plus a mobile app to compete with other people in HK on your sign language learning!
Please also spare your time to meet the deaf baristas from My Little Coffee and Deaf Cafeteria. After learning some HK sign language for communicating with them, you will be able to order your cup of coffee and cookies -- to be environmental friends, participants are strongly encouraged to bring their own cups.
Come with your peers to have learn some Hong Kong sign language vocabularies and practice! Participants will get the BLACK stamp for redeeming a limited edition tote bag.
How does the stamp collection game work?
During the festival, participants will be given a different color stamp by taking part in the booth games on each day. By collecting three different color stamps, participants can redeem a tote bag specially designed for showing your support to students with special educational needs.
About the Hong Kong Society for the Deaf
The Hong Kong Society for the Deaf (HKSD) is a non-profit making organization aiming to promote the well-being of the hearing impaired and seeks to ensure equalization of opportunities for hearing impaired persons. They have the vision to provide comprehensive and professional services of the highest standard to ensure equalization of opportunities for the hearing impaired, and to promote self-development, self-actualization and self-sufficient and integration of hearing impaired persons. For more details of HKSD, please visit this website.
About My Little Coffee
My Little Coffee is one of the small numbers of local cafeterias hiring baristas with hearing impairment. There is an episode about My Little Coffee on the Silence TV; please visit this website for more details (subtitles in Chinese only).
About the Deaf Cafeteria
Deaf cafeteria was established by the Hong Kong Society for the Deaf in 1995. It is the first restaurant in Hong Kong that is operated by the hearing impaired and is located at the Lions Nature Education Centre in Tsiu Hang, Sai Kung. The cafeteria aims to provide training and job opportunities to the deaf. The message behind of its Chinese name is to proclaim that the hearing impaired are also competent and are able to contribute to the society with their remaining hearing. For more details of HKSB. please visit this website.
