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Michał Garncarek, Ph.D., Polish Association of the Deaf

Rada Michał Garncarek

Director of the Sign Naturally Educational Centre of the Polish Association of the Deaf; member of the Polish Board of the Sign Language at the Ministry of Family, Labour and Social Policy. Expert in teaching the Polish Sign Language as a foreign language. Authored and co-authored several multimedia-based Polish Sign Language textbooks. Creator of the Teaching Polish Sign Language market qualifications project, and of validation tools for institutions responsible for certifying said qualifications. Specialist in accessibility, in fields of information and communication in particular. Delivered multiple training courses on the topic for employees of different public institutions. Founder of the first Sign Naturally Polish Sign Language school, a lifelong learning facility organised to standards of the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) for Language Skills.