Speech and Hearing Sciences-UOK

International Day of Persons with Disabilities 2025
Fostering disability-inclusive societies for advancing social progress 🌍♿ — a call to build communities where equal opportunity, accessibility, and dignity empower every person to participate, contribute, and thrive 🤝✨.

In light of the recent impact of natural disasters occured to many countries 🌧️⚠️, let us raise awareness and strengthen preparedness to ensure that persons with disabilities receive inclusive support, safety, and protection in every emergency 🚨💙.


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Disability Studies Students' Association
Faculty of Medicine
University of Kelaniya
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Design: Husna Muneer
Caption: Sabeeha Iqbal

සහෝදර බැඳීම හඳින් හඳට ලෙංගතුවන, 💞හෙළකුල සිරිත් ජීවිතයට සමීප කරගනිමින්, විඩාබර හදවත් වසත්සර රූ සිරියෙන් බබළවන 🌞DSSA වසත් උදානය- 2025 🌞අපේ අවුරුද්ද🔆

එරබදුමල් විකසිත වන කොවුල් නදවැයෙන
හෙළ කුල සිරිතට හැඩවෙන බක්මහ සිරිය කැන්දන
*🌞"DSSA වසත්සර රෑසිරි 2025"🌞*
සරසවි සූර්යාභිෂේක මංගල්‍යය
මැයි මස 03 වන ශනි දින පූර්වභාග 09.00 සිට සරසවි නේවාසිකාගාර ක්‍රීඩාභූමියේදී පැවැත්වේ.

තාලයෙන් මුසපත් වන රිද්මයෙන් හැඩවෙන විශේෂාංග සපිරැණු ජනක්‍රීඩා රැගත් බක් මහ අවුරුදු සිරිය විඳගන්නට ඔබ සැමට සාදරයෙන් ඇරයුම්.........

ඔබ සැමට සුභම සුභ සිංහල හා දෙමළ අලුත් අවුරුද්දක් වේවා!🙏
ලැබුවා වූ නව වසර, සතුට, සෞභාග්‍යය සහ සාර්ථකත්වයෙන් පිරුණු සිහිනයන් සැබෑ කරගැනීමට හැකි ශක්තියත්, අවස්ථා රැසකුත් ගෙන එන එකමුතුකමින් සහ ආදරයෙන් පිරුණු සබඳතා පෝෂණය වන අවුරුද්දක් වේවා!"😌💖💙💜🫂

அனைவருக்கும் இனிய சிங்கள மற்றும் தமிழ் புத்தாண்டு வாழ்த்துக்கள்!🙏
புதிய ஆண்டு மகிழ்ச்சி, செழிப்பு, வெற்றியுடன் நிறைந்து, கனவுகளை நனவாக்கும் வலிமையையும், ஏராளமான வாய்ப்புகளையும் கொண்டுவரட்டும். ஒற்றுமையும் அன்பும் நிறைந்த உறவுகள் வளர்ந்து செழிக்கும் ஒரு ஆண்டாக அமையட்டும்!😌💖💙💜🫂







Disability Studies Students' Association
Faculty of Medicine
University of Kelaniya
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_Design: _ Reshmi Amaya_
_Caption: _K.M. Wickramasinghe_,_Irfana azmeer_

*"I am different, not less."* These are the words of Dr. Grandin, a renowned scientist with Autism.

Today on behalf of the theme, *'Advancing Neurodiversity and the UN Sustainable Development Goals'*, we celebrate World Autism Awareness Day 2025, considering the power of neurodiversity in building a more inclusive and sustainable world for individuals with Autism. When we embrace all ways of thinking, we move closer to a future where everyone thrives.

Let’s advocate, support, and create spaces where individuals with Autism can shine.



Disability Studies Students' Association
Faculty of Medicine
University of Kelaniya
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_Design: Hasara Amarasinghe_
_Caption: Adeesha Amandi_

World Down's Syndrome Day👶, celebrated on March 21st, raises awareness about Down's Syndrome while promoting the rights, inclusion, and well-being of individuals with Down's Syndrome💛💙. It emphasizes the importance of diversity, acceptance, and equal opportunities for all The theme for this year, "Improve Our Support Systems," highlights the need to strengthen resources and services to better support individuals with Down's Syndrome and their families🤝✨.

මාර්තු 21 ලෝක ඩවුන් සින්ඩ්‍රෝම් දිනයයි👶. ඩවුන් සින්ඩ්‍රෝම් පිළිබඳව සමාජ දැනුවත්භාවය ඉහළ නැංවීම මෙම දවසේ විශේෂ අරමුණයි💛💙. ඔවුන්ට ඇති අයිතිවාසිකම් හා ඔවුන් සමාජයට එකතු කර ගැනීමට අවශ්‍ය ආකාරය ගැන මෙම දිනය තුළ අවධානයට ලක්කරන අතර ඔවුන්ව තේරුම් ගැනීම, උදව් කිරීම හා සමාන අවස්ථා ලබා දීම අපි සමාජයක් වශයෙන් සහයෝගීව කල යුත්තකි🤝✨.

உலக டவுன் சிண்ட்ரோம் தினம் மார்ச் 21ம் திகதி கொண்டாடப்படுகிறது👶. இதன் நோக்கம் டவுன் சிண்ட்ரோம் பற்றிய சமூக விழிப்புணர்வை உயர்த்துவதாகும். அவர்களின் உரிமைகள், சமூகத்தில் அவர்களை இணைத்துக்கொள்ள தேவையான வழிகள் குறித்து இந்த நாளில் கவனம் செலுத்தப்படுகிறது💛💙. அவர்களை புரிந்துகொள்வதும், உதவுவதும், சமமான வாய்ப்புகளை வழங்குவதும் நாம் சமூகமாக இணைந்து செய்ய வேண்டிய பொறுப்பாகும்🤝✨.

Disability Studies Students' Association
Faculty of Medicine
University of Kelaniya

Silence is not absence; it's a world where every gesture speaks volumes.

International Sign Language Day,
celebrated on September 23, raises awareness of the linguistic rights of deaf communities worldwide, promoting the use and recognition of sign languages in communication.

Let us join our hands together to show our support for the language and cultural identity of all deaf people and sign language users. 🧏

Department of Disability Studies
Faculty of Medicine
University of Kelaniya
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Design: Hasara Amarasinghe

Student feedbacks about sundown beach cleanup 🌊🪸

🔥 Bonfire was the most thrilling part out of all the Beach CleanUp Session. All the batches were together, having a fun experience, being connected with each other. Hours were spent singing, and dancing feeling the sea breeze. It was a moment of joy, a moment to be remembered!🔥