South-South collaboration in realising the impacts of Peer-to-Peer Deaf Multiliteracies research in India, Uganda, and Nepal

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This project arises from research on "Peer to Peer Deaf Multiliteracies" - the idea that deaf sign language users can learn language, literacy and allied skills by working with deaf tutors in real-life relevant and self-generated ways. This previous research has shown that new ecosystems of learning can be developed and adapted to be used with different groups of deaf children and deaf youth in countries of the Global South.With this project, we go a step further towards introducing key elements from Peer to Peer Deaf Multiliteracies research into concrete educational contexts, working with partners in India, Uganda, and Nepal. Crucial elements in pursuing this work are capacity building with young deaf professionals, multi-stakeholder engagement with key players in the relevant educational sub-systems, and effective South-South collaboration. To this effect, our work will create a range of materials (curricula, teachers' handbook materials, teaching/learning materials, and best practice examples) underpinning newly arising roles for deaf professionals for use in each partner country. This work takes place in the context of increasing calls for people with disabilities to take an active role in all matters that concern them, e.g. in the "Charter for Change" that resulted from the 2018 Global Disability Summit in the UK. This project therefore moves from a "deaf-led research" agenda further towards enabling "deaf-led practice" in deaf education. We do this by following a common impact pathway for the three partner countries, at the end of which training options, human resources, and bilingual teaching/learning materials are developed to a point where a further roll-out of innovative ecosystems of learning for deaf sign language users becomes possible.