On its path towards inclusion, the Penedo da Saudade Cultural Centre, a cultural initiative of Polytechnic University of Coimbra (PUC), recently introduced interpretation in Portuguese Sign Language at most of its events.
This was carried out as part of a project that aims to promote the inclusion of the deaf community, actively contributing to the removal of communication difficulties and thus providing effective access to the arts and culture for people with hearing limitations.
The Polytechnic University of Coimbra is one of the Portuguese higher education institutions with a degree in Portuguese Sign Language, one of Portugal’s three official languages – alongside Portuguese and Mirandese – recognised in the Portuguese Constitution in 1997, with its own vocabulary and grammar.
