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International Week of Deaf People

The World Federation of the Deaf’s official 2026 campaign runs 21–27 September 2026 under the name International Week of Deaf People.

Date / rule21–27 September 2026
ScopeWorld Federation of the Deaf / global advocacy campaign
VerificationFirst Party Current Edition Verified
PortabilityEdition Specific
Evidence statusSource-backed
Last authority check2026-09-09
Target-year policyRefresh Edition
Next occurrenceNot projected automatically

This record requires a current target-year source or is intentionally historical.

Authority summary

What is International Week of Deaf People?

The World Federation of the Deaf’s official 2026 campaign runs 21–27 September 2026 under the name International Week of Deaf People.

Date and recurrence

21–27 September 2026

The stored date is verified for a specific edition only. It is not projected into another year without a fresh authoritative source.

Scope and status

The verified scope stored for this record is World Federation of the Deaf / global advocacy campaign. The site preserves that boundary and does not infer broader government, global or public-holiday status from the observance name alone.

Also known as

World Deaf Day

Classification

Topic and context

Health, Wellness & Awareness →
Accuracy controls

What this page does not assume

  • Keep the source-defined country, community, organizer or institutional scope; do not silently broaden it.
  • Do not treat the title alone as proof of government recognition or public-holiday status.
  • Do not add a creator, founding story or origin claim unless the supporting evidence establishes it.
  • Refresh the target year before publishing a new date when the record is not safely portable.
  • Health Information Not Medical Advice.
Provenance

Sources

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  1. World Federation of the Deaf — International Week of Deaf People 2026First Party Global Federation
Reader questions

Frequently asked questions

When is International Week of Deaf People?

21–27 September 2026 The stored recurrence guidance is: Refresh the authoritative target-year edition/schedule; current stored evidence: 21–27 September 2026.

Does International Week of Deaf People fall on the same date every year?

No. The stored date is edition-specific and must be refreshed for another year.

Is International Week of Deaf People an official public holiday?

The authority record verifies it within this scope: World Federation of the Deaf / global advocacy campaign. That recognition does not by itself make it a statutory public holiday; the site only makes public-holiday claims when the supporting authority record explicitly does so.

Who established or recognizes International Week of Deaf People?

The stored designation basis is: The World Federation of the Deaf’s official 2026 campaign runs 21–27 September 2026 under the name International Week of Deaf People.. Supporting provenance includes World Federation of the Deaf — International Week of Deaf People 2026. The site does not infer a separate creator or founder unless reviewed evidence establishes one.

Is International Week of Deaf People international or country-specific?

The record has international or global institutional scope: World Federation of the Deaf / global advocacy campaign. That does not mean every country treats the date as a public holiday or observes it in the same way.

How is this page verified?

The factual layer is source-backed and keeps its date rule, scope, provenance and editorial guardrails attached to the authority record. This record was checked on 2026-09-09.

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