Hello you all!

My name is Sanzio

I'm from Turin

I make this intervention because

I see many people asking

how is going with the Sign Language (LIS) 
Law Approvation

The Law is approved
or is still not approved?

Well I'll let you know that

the LIS Law isn't approved yet

is in processing phase

First of all the proposal law 
was approved in Senate

The debate there is finished,
then approved

so the proposal law was brought in "Camera"
and then now they're discussing it

when will be approved there

it will be passed at Republic President 
that signs it

then it will become official Law thru
"Gazzetta Ufficiale" publication

So the situation right now
is held at the "Camera"

The discussion is held more precisely
in Social Affairs Commission

It's one month that are
discussing, already 3 times

the last time, May 3rd, 
they're discussing on LIS

Do you want to know if LIS is 
going ahead or not?

So i'll let you know that the path is
revealing very very difficult

eh yes, the situation is not good

Because in the last time, May 3rd

they doesn't want anymore the "LIS" 
denomination, they want to change it

4 deputies want to change the
denomination

With the following motivations:
too straight to LIS

more oral Deaf people than
Deaf Signers

the technology will cancel
the Sign Language

the doctors say that in future
the Deaf will be hear better

so there will be no need 
to Sign Language

at the end, the proposal is
to change the denomination

from LIS to LMG

LMG: what does it mean?

Language

Mimic

Gestual

I repeat: LMG

before going ahead
let's stop one moment to reflect

the LIS and LMG difference

is very important to understand the difference

LIS means Lingua dei Segni Italiana
(Italian Sign Language)

with the word "Lingua", Language

there is the implicit recognition
on life style, culture

in a purely visual world
as is the deaf world

it means that in the human society 
there is the Deaf identification

and this brings respect to Deaf people

and respect to the person

and the equal dignity

it's clear this?

LMG, if we say instead 
"Linguaggio" (Language)

it's an artificial thing

it means that if you aren't
capable of speaking

so I give you the possibility
to gesticulate

and this doesn't bring to any recognition

of culture, the lifestyle
of Deaf people

and this brings at the concept 
of disability, as:

you need 
and I give you this

this mean that the Deaf people
isn't recognized as Deaf

but as disabled person

and us as people with our
dignity are discriminated

as always has happened so far

so did you understand the substantial difference
between these two concepts?

At the Camera the situation is this

they are at the third session

and these are continuing in the 
final approvations

and outside there are a lot of protests against
Lis recognition

and affirms that LIS is not needed and
this idea is growing more and more

and US????

what we do?
when do we protest?

we ask to know
but really

and we Deaf sleep
wake UP!!

It's for our future,
do we want fair dignity?

do we want to have possibilities
in the future?

LIS oh yes, we know it and it's
our language. Do you want it?

or you prefer to be soothed
with LMG?