Deaf in Sweden

Signed civic information with the help of technology

Society offers a lot of information with possibilities and rights for the citizens, hearing as well as deaf. Many deaf people have, due to insufficient knowledge of the Swedish language, difficulties to benefit from civic information in writing.

Sign language is acknowledged as the first language of the deaf. The new technology opens up for possibilities. Information in sign language can be given in a CD-ROM disc or a DVD where you have the possibility to choose language. All public authorities should guarantee that civic information is made avilable via the Internet or CD/DVD discs.