The Austrian Federation of the Deaf (ÖGLB), , is a national federation for the
deaf
Deafness has varying definitions in cultural and medical contexts. In medical contexts, the meaning of deafness is hearing loss that precludes a person from understanding spoken language, an audiological condition. In this context it is written ...
in Austria.
It is affiliated to the
World Federation of the Deaf
The World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) is an international non-governmental organization that acts as a peak body for World Federation of the Deaf#Constituency, national associations of Deaf people, with a focus on deaf people who use sign langua ...
(WFD) since 1951 and the
European Union of the Deaf
The European Union of the Deaf (EUD) is a supraorganization comprising each respective National Association of the Deaf of the member states of the European Union. The EUD is a nonprofit organization founded in 1985 and is a Regional Co-operating ...
since 1995.
It was established in 1913.
Its headquarters are in
Vienna
Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...
.
The
president
President most commonly refers to:
*President (corporate title)
* President (education), a leader of a college or university
*President (government title)
President may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment Film and television
*'' Præsident ...
is Helene Jarmer.
The Austrian Federation of the Deaf includes 2000 members.
The federation took his current name in 1985.
Presidents
*1913–1915 Karl Pawlek
*1915–1917 Josef Pollanetz
*1917–1919 Franz Wilhelm
*1919–1921 Theodor Kratochwil
*1921–1923 Georg Schwarzböck
*1923–1926 Karl Pawlek
*1926–1928 Theodor Kratochwil
*1928–1938 Georg Schwarzböck
*1940–1943 Karl Johann Brunner
*1946–1949 Heinrich Prochazka
*1949–1955 Karl Altenaichinger
*1956–1960 Heinrich Prochazka
*1960–1965 Karl Johann Brunner
*1965–1970 Gerhard Schmidt
*1970–1985 Willibald Tapler
*1985–1997
Peter Dimmel
*1997–2001
Trude Dimmel
*2001–
Helene Jarmer
See also
*
Sign language
Sign languages (also known as signed languages) are languages that use the visual-manual modality to convey meaning, instead of spoken words. Sign languages are expressed through manual articulation in combination with #Non-manual elements, no ...
*
Austrian Sign Language
Austrian Sign Language (, ÖGS) is the sign language used by the Austrian Deaf community—approximately 10,000 people (see Krausneker 2006).
Classification
ÖGS and Hungarian Sign Language seem to be related for historical reasons (First Sc ...
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Deaf culture
Deaf culture is the set of social beliefs, behaviors, art, literary traditions, history, values, and shared institutions of communities that are influenced by deafness and which use sign languages as the main means of communication. When used as ...
References
External links
Austrian Federation of the Deaf
{{Portal, Austria
Disability organisations based in Austria
Deaf culture in Austria
Deafness organizations
1913 establishments in Austria