Posts tagged deaf
Enabling communication is vital in families of deaf children | Charlie Swinbourne
Families need to learn to sign for the sake of their deaf children – yet they are often denied the chance In the last few weeks, a video of a deaf mother and her two year-old daughter Ava having a dinner conversation in British Sign Language (BSL) has gone viral.
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Enabling communication is vital in families of deaf children | Charlie Swinbourne
Tom Keogan obituary
My friend Tom Keogan, who has died of heart failure aged 68, went into social work with a passion for the empowerment of deaf and hearing-impaired people. As principal social worker with Leeds city council from 1974 until 1984, he forged close links with Doncaster and Beverley schools for the deaf, and was hugely supportive of the work of the Leeds Deaf & Blind Society. In 1986 he was appointed head of service for Cleveland county council’s Sensory Loss Services, and while there conceived a scheme to establish a “home for life” for deaf people with additional disabilities.
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Tom Keogan obituary
RNID survey finds shop hearing loops ‘not usable’
A quarter of shops and businesses in Scotland are falsely claiming to have hearing loops, according to the Royal National Institute for the Deaf.
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RNID survey finds shop hearing loops ‘not usable’
STAGETEXT Captioning: 10 Years On
Gwion Wyn Jones in Oliver! With kind permission of Cameron Mackintosh Limited. Photo: Simon Annand
This November marks the 10th anniversary of STAGETEXT, which pioneered theatre captioning in the UK back in 2000. The charity’s Lynn Jackson explains how they’ve helped make theatre more accessible.
“Computers, iPods, BlackBerrys – STAGETEXT captioning is right up there with all the modern miracles of invention!”
So says a 69 year old retired school secretary who was deafened 10 years ago after a major operation. “I lost my job, friends drifted away, social life was difficult and although reading and teletext were pleasurable, they did not offer social interaction,” she explains.
“Who doesn’t enjoy a trip to the theatre, enjoying a good performance, and meeting friends? Captioning has made all this possible for me,” she adds. (more…)
Met Advisory Group Seeks Disabled Volunteers
The Metropolitan Police Service (MPS) is looking for disabled people to join a new independent advisory group that will help explain how disabled people are affected by policing in London and advise on how ‘the Met’ can better serve disabled Londoners.
Existing advisory groups act as ‘critical friends’ and help form an important link between the police and various communities in London. (more…)
Leeds Learner Wins National Award
Kelly Palmer with Jim Edwards and Sarah Haynes
A Yorkshire nurse has been crowned the UK’s Learner of the Year for her efforts to improve deaf awareness in the NHS.
Volunteer and Occupational Therapy Support Worker Kelly Palmer, from Garforth, completed her Level 3 NVQ in British Sign Language (BSL) this year with charity coHearentVision, where she also volunteers, with the full support of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
Kelly enrolled on the course to improve her communication skills so that deaf and deafblind patients felt more at home on her ward. Having struggled with dyslexia since school Kelly knew it would not be easy for her to learn BSL but, in conjunction with coHearentVision’s tutors, she was determined to improve the service that Chapel Allerton hospital provides for deaf people. (more…)
