Ethiopia DeafProject: Recently Ethiopia Deaf Project were successful in an application to Electric Aid for assistance in building an additional classroom (Grade 8) onto the ALDS. We were awarded €7,000. We are more than grateful to Electric Aid for this generous contribution. The balance of the money €7,300 came from the Ethiopia Deaf Project (Total:…
UNAPEDA: Mainstreaming Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing article from Teaching Tolerance – Number 50: Summer 2015 Well-written, thought-provoking article about mainstreaming students who are deaf or hard of hearing and the considerations that must be given To read the article, please click on: Mainstreaming Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
NSPCC: This is a version of our Underwear Rule guide to help protect deaf children from abuse. Find out more about the Underwear Rule here: www.nspcc.org.uk/underwear
For the first time, the Eurovision Song Contest is being presented for deaf people in International Sign Language. A team of six deaf artists and two hearing interpreters are performing at the semi-finals and the Grand Final. Austrian broadcaster ORF said it was inspired by the victory of Conchita Wurst last year to make the…
Deaf Hear.ie: Want to know more about listening to music at safe sound levels? Find out more about our Keep the Sound campaign here: http://www.keepthesound.ie/News-008.html
Aiken Promotions said “the provision of a signing facility is not appropriate for this kind of performance” Two deaf sisters have told of their disappointment that the promoter of a One Direction concert in Belfast will not provide them with a sign language interpreter for the Odyssey Arena event. Further read at: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/row-erupts-after-deaf-sisters-refused-sign-language-interpreter-for-one-direction-concert-at-odyssey-arena-belfast-31231200.html
The Tribe is a Ukrainian film, directed by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy, set in a deaf boarding school where everyone communicates in sign language. When a teenager joins the school, he wins acceptance into a network dealing in crime and prostitution. But when he breaks the unwritten rules of the tribe, his future is threatened. Further read…
Like a lot of Polish 17-year-olds, Mateusz Mach is into hip-hop. “It is something I identify with,” Mach says. Unlike a lot of Polish 17-year-olds, he decided to turn his appreciation into an app business. After six months of work, he released Five, a messaging app for Android, iPhone, and Apple Watch that lets you…
Sign language gives tens of thousands of Irish people the priceless gift of communication – but it’s still unrecognised as an official language by the State. Further read at: http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/deaf-community-roar-for-recognition-of-sign-language-31191235.html