Research and Best Practices at Sapienza University
summary
Sapienza University of Rome describes two initiatives: a new experimental three-year undergraduate degree, “Comunicazione e interpretariato in LIS e LISt,” to train Italian Sign Language (LIS) and tactile LIS interpreters through a multidisciplinary curriculum created after Italy’s 2021 recognition of LIS and the 2022 “Decreto interpreti”; and library accessibility work at Sapienza that produces accessible copies of books for students and the public, reporting results, challenges, and future plans from student support requests and a civic outreach project.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Event introduction
- 1:54Bilingualism and the brain
- 6:45Historical cases of language deprivation
- 10:00Sign language for deaf children
- 13:28Role of LIS interpreters
- 14:30LIS interpreter training
- 23:32International sign language
- 27:13Accessibility in Sapienza libraries
- 31:12Sapienza talking books project
- 43:59Accessible formats challenges
- 50:08Subtitles vs LIS interpreters
- 52:38Video books and accessibility
- 55:52Conclusion and Q&A
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