Watch Nyle DiMarco, model and disability advocate, as he commemorates the first ever International Day of Sign Languages.

The UN General Assembly has proclaimed 23 September as the International Day of Sign Languages in order to raise awareness of the importance of sign language in the full realization of the human rights of people who are deaf.

The first International Day of Sign languages will be celebrated in 2018 under the theme “With Sign Language, Everyone is Included!”