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Positive signs: Swiss deaf federation marks 75 years of adversity Participants at a demo in Geneva in September 2018 which called for the laws concerning sign language to be applied better © Keystone / Martial Trezzini Deaf people in Switzerland used to be pressured not to marry and not to have children in the interest of public health. In the 1970s they were still being beaten in school if they used sign language. The progress made over the past 75 years makes for fascinating but uneasy reading, and, as the Covid-19 crisis shows, many challenges remain. This content was published on July 17, 2021 - 09:00 July 17, 2021 - 09:00

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