The invention of cochlear implants and other technologies have given many deaf and hard-of-hearing adults and children the option to hear. What, then, becomes of sign language? When the world gets too loud—because of fireworks, or just to take a quiet break on the weekends—8-year-old Sophie knows what to do. “When it’s really loud, I…
Download IRIS Presentation (April 2016).pdf which has a list of services with IRIS. Link to the IRIS Google Map. https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?hl=en&authuser=0&mid=za34Y1angzns.kGNH2AeKHVLw Also SLIS website is updated: www.slis.ie
I always overcome communication barriers by using BSL interpreters and communication assistants (for translating between languages at a fluent level). My family, who live in Europe, communicate with me by fingerspelling or using basic vocabulary signs and written language. Consequently, they lack the ability to convey information at a fluent level and I miss out…
The Dept. of Social Protection (DSP) access for Irish Sign Language (ISL) users. INFORMATION IN IRISH SIGN LANGUAGE (ISL) Information in Irish Sign Language (ISL) about the DSP can be viewed at: http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Video-guide-to-the-website.aspx SIGN LANGUAGE INTEPRETING ACCESS WITH DSP. Sign Language Interpreting access can be provided for customers meeting with staff. http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Translation–Interpretive-and-Sign-Language%C2%A0Services.aspx CUSTOMER CHARTER ACTION…
Artist and TED Fellow Christine Sun Kim was born deaf, and she was taught to believe that sound wasn’t a part of her life, that it was a hearing person’s thing. Through her art, she discovered similarities between American Sign Language and music, and she realized that sound doesn’t have to be known More information,…
Fourteen years ago I went to Exeter to see Jenny Sealey’s signed staging of The Changeling. I still recall the scene between Beatrice and De Flores when the appalled realisation dawns on both of them that they have misunderstood the other’s intention: she suddenly understands that he doesn’t want her money but her body; he…
Michael Parkinson is still haunted by the isolation experienced by his grandparents, who were both profoundly deaf. The chat-show host says we must all do more to help the hard of hearing. Further read at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/7854950/Michael-Parkinson-The-deaf-are-discriminated-against.html
Trinity College Dublin: This video gives a great overview of a how to help & support students who are deaf or hearing impaired studying at at Trinity College Dublin.
These Walls Can Talk is a landmark first for Irish television – an intimate portrayal of the Irish Deaf Community, told through their unique experience of St Joseph’s School for Deaf Boys in Cabra. This is an ISL (Irish Sign Language) programme. Link: http://www.rte.ie/player/gb/show/these-walls-can-talk-30003600/10477065/ Try international version if above doesn’t work: http://www.rte.ie/playerinternational/