In today's virtual visit to South America and the country of Argentina, we find:
Argentine Sign Language
Web sites in Argentina offer information on Argentine Sign Language. LsArgentina.com has information on Argentine sign language, covering multiple topics including:
- Definition of the Argentine Sign Language
- Grammar structure of Argentine Sign Language
- The Argentine manual alphabet
- The history of the language of Argentina signs
Instruction in Argentine Sign Language is available through places such as:
- Instituto Platense de Lengua de Señas Argentina - This translates loosely to Institute Platense de Lengua de Señas Argentina. It offers sign language courses taught by native speakers of Argentine sign language.
- Sitiodesordos.com also has a page listing multiple places to learn sign language in Argentina.
Argentine Deaf Culture
There is a national magazine for the deaf, "El Mundo de Los Sordos."
National Associations
The Association Argentina de Sordos provides information on:
- Captioning or subtitling in Argentina
- The history of the national association
- Current projects of the association, including theater, education, and telecommunications.
Sports
Argentina has a national Confederation of Sports of the Deaf (loose translation) that serves as an umbrella organization for several deaf sports associations:
- Soccer
- Volleyball
- Basketball
- Martial Arts
Education
The Oral Institute of Buenos Aires is but one of the several schools for the deaf in Argentina. Other schools for the deaf include the Las lomas oral School for the deaf and the Escuela de Sordos. Several schools are listed on the Colegios page of the website Sitiodesordos. Apparently not that many deaf people in Argentina manage to make it to college. According to an article on discrimination on the website of Sitiodesordos, barely seven percent of deaf Argentines even make itout ofhigh school (from a loose translation of the page).
