The Cabinet has granted approval to proceed with finalizing a draft bill to recognize sign language as an official medium of communication in Sri Lanka.
The initiative, led by the Minister of Rural Development, Social Security and Community Empowerment, aims to ensure full societal participation and equal access to information for the deaf community.
The move builds on earlier policy approval granted in 2010 to accept sign language formally, with subsequent Cabinet decisions in 2017 and 2021 directing legal drafting of the bill. (Newswire)