BDA Northern Ireland have had the opportunity to work with the Public Health Agency to create film clips describing both the Breast Screening process and Cervical Cancer Screening. Information has been produced in both BSL and ISL, along with subtitles making it easily accessible for all. It is important this information is shared with women….
Irish Deaf Channel Swimmers won the Sheena Patterson Spirit of the Year Award at ILDSA (Irish Long Distance Swimming Association) Leinster in Bray on Saturday, 31st January 2015. IDWG Chairperson Gaye Regan and Board Member Mary Nolan attended the ILDSA Awards Dinner Evening to share celebrate with the swimmers for received the award. Congratulations to…
There are moments in life that can change you forever. That moment for me happened in July 1987 at the World Federation of the Deaf Congress in Helsinki, Finland. A small little man approached me in the middle of thousands of Deaf and hearing people from all over the world and said “You come from…
We wish to thank Tesco Ireland and other supermarkets for supporting our bagpacking and charity fundraising in 2014. Despite 2014 being a difficult year compared to 2013, due to reduced bagpacking bookings; however, we have been able to continue to offer this service. We are delighted to offer support to charities in the Deaf community….
Irish broadcasters may be invited to learn about subtitling live events such as news programmes from their UK counterparts following complaints from viewers who are deaf and hard of hearing. A review of the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland’s access rules has found that broadcasters are broadly compliant with the regulations governing access to programming for…
Deaf Education Centre: Well it was a busy two weeks, but the ISL Filming for our Shared Reading Programme for children ages 4-8 is finished! We will be working on getting these packs organised for families over the coming months. Check back here or on our website for future updates! If you would like to…
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