Accessibility and Impact – Sign Language and Multilingualism

Agenda: Tues 19 May 2026 – 14.00-15.30 CET

Chairs: Marijke Bos and Daan Beeke, Dutch Reading Foundation

Presenters:

Zanri Kritzinger: Book Dash, South Africa

Making books accessible for Deaf children – a Sign Language case study from South
Africa

Vilma Tammelin: The Finnish Reading Center

Finland’s book bag program: Long-term impact and the new multilingual book