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Campaign to save St Joseph’s House for Adult Deaf & Deaf-Blind

NATIONAL STANDARDS FOR RESIDENTIAL SERVICES IN SIGN LANGUAGE.

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Information on Dementia and Alzheimer’s for Deaf people and their friends

Post questions, share information in ISL/English on matters relating to dementia and Alzheimer’s.

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Deaf perceptions of counselling study

Kirsty Guthrie is doing research on the effectiveness of and accessibility to mainstream counselling services for Deaf/Hard of hearing people living in the UK, however, to make this survey a success, she would require as many participants to complete the questionnaire which can be completed online as seen below.

http://deafperceptionsofcounsellingstudy.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/blog-post_26.html

Interpreters for TD/Senators

IDS wish to share the news good to all:

Senator Mark Daly has informed IDS that “Members of both Houses of the Oireachtas can now hire recognised sign language interpreters for their clinics. Could you please pass on this information to both members of the Deaf community and qualified Sign Language interpreters”

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Council of Irish Sign Language Interpreters – New Website

We are CISLI – the Council of Irish Sign Language Interpreters.

We are the national representative organisation for sign language interpreters.

You may be interested in our new website:

http://cisliireland.wordpress.com/

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The Inclusive Hub – March 2012

A Chara,

Welcome to the March edition of the Inclusive Hub: www.inclusivehub.com

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Deaf Education Policy

http://www.ncse.ie/uploads/1/DeafEducationReport.pdf

www.ncse.ie/uploads/1/DeafEducationReport.pdf

See above links on NCSE policy document on education of the Deaf and hard of hearing in Ireland – one in full details and other in presentation format. Kevin.

The Inclusive Hub – February 2012

A Chara,

Welcome to February 2012 edition of The Inclusive Hub: www.inclusivehub.com

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FYI: GP Access Policy for Deaf Medical Card holders in Co. Kerry

Just wanted to share with you a GP Access Policy for Deaf medical card holders in Co. Kerry.

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Hearing Aids Grant

Minister Joan Burton announced in her Budget 2012 speech this week.

This week Minister Joan Burton announced in her 2012 Budget speech changes to the Treatment Benefit Grant (PRSI Grant) for hearing aids.

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