“No two persons ever read the same book.” I share this quote from Edmund Wilson with you to highlight a point in this presentation. A reader brings to a book their own experience and understanding in order to create meaning from the story they read. We all approach our work with our own experience and…
Ethiopia DeafProject: Tonight marks the 2nd Anniversary of the opening of the Ambo Deaf School: thanks so much for all your generosity and support. Its been another very successful year for the students who achieved very good results in their State exams. Lots of other things have happened as a consequence of the school opening:…
WFD and FAD partners in publishing a manual on sign language work within development co-operation. In which ways is sign language work relevant for the improvement of human rights of deaf people in developing countries – in their strive for equal opportunities and access to society? What does an organisation need to bear in mind…
The conductor of St Mary’s signing choir in Cabra set out not to form a ‘cute deaf choir’ but one that would be respected as a choir in its own right – and she has succeeded. It’s often assumed that when profoundly deaf children are involved in any kind of musical performance it’s mainly for…
THIRUVANATHAPURAM: Two bills for the welfare of marginalized and hearing impaired people came up in the state assembly last week. The Kerala sign board study act bill, 2014 proposed to make sign language as part of the school curriculum, so that it makes the lives of lakhs of differently-abled people better. The private bill mooted…
Irish Deaf Society: This poster shows that even a small group of people are powerful and can make a change – together as a group, the Deaf community CAN make changes! Do you want Irish Sign Language recognised in Ireland? You can do it! Support our campaign by clicking on the ISLR facebook page for…
Irish Deaf Society: Have you filled in the ISL Survey? We need more people to fill it in. If you ever use Irish Sign Language (Does not matter if you are Deaf, HOH, Deafened, CODA or Hearing) — we want EVERYONE who uses ISL to fill this survey in!
We can make use of those who would be interested from the estimated 70,000 who already know and use BSL, along with those interested in learning it, to develop teachers who can then teach it to primary school children from age 4 until secondary school, by which point they should be fluent. Once the first…
DeafHear.ie: Would you like to know more about Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia? You can view the last in the series of information films on dementia with ISL presentation here: View at: What’s the difference between Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia?