Loud and clear
The deaf community believes it has been misunderstood and misinterpreted for too long. Now it wants to be seen and heard as a group with its own cultural identity.
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Taonga source:
Unknown
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A2001-004
Bibliographic source:
Unknown, 2001
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This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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