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Famous Deaf People - Articles
Know your RIGHTS as a Deaf/ Hard of Hearing Person
by
Danielle N.
Posted
Mon 09 Aug 2010 5:10pm
is profoundly deaf ask me for help. She wants to volunteer somewhere and they wont provide an interpreter for her. I was furious when she told me this. I contacted the American's Disability Act to ask what OUR RIGHTS ARE.
Truthfully, I dont even know my rights as a deaf person. So in a way im glad that I called because I wouldn't of known all this information
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Signing to all deaf / Deaf people!
by
Funny Old Life
Posted
Fri 21 Nov 2008 2:04pm
Middlesex University researcher Catherine Carlton wants to contact members of the Deaf community n a project looking at the importance of BSL to Deaf identity. The research aims to highlight the importance of British Sign Language to the Deaf community and explore Deaf Identities.
if you would like to help by completing the questionnaire
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Deaf People’s Knowledge and Views Related to Mental Health
by
Candace A. McCullough
Posted
Wed 01 Apr 2009 2:52pm
on the participants, the numbers are revealing.
ASL/English: The first part of the table lists psychology-related English words and the percentages of Deaf people who recognize them. Without going in-depth about this, the main points are that any clinicians working with Deaf people need to know that more Deaf people will recognize these words in ASL. If an assessment
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How to Educate the Hearing about d/Deaf Peoples and Culture
by
kim
Posted
Tue 20 Oct 2009 12:00am
by kim
DP asked how we educate hearing people about d/Deaf people. That’s the hard part.
I believe diversity... children are removed from their communities to attend deaf programs elsewhere. So hearing children grow up never meeting a deaf person, except possibly an elderly grandparent who
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Training sessions will help police communicate with deaf people
by
DeafBlog
Posted
Tue 03 Mar 2009 4:28pm
tomorrow.
The training will be delivered by Deafinitely Able Consultancy Ltd and will cover topics such as how police communicate with deaf people, different types of deafness... help deaf people.
Around 300 members of staff have previously taken part in deaf awareness training and the constabulary already has a team of 26 officers trained in BSL
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Website launch creates a ‘buzz’ for deaf young people
by
DeafBlog
Posted
Thu 28 Oct 2010 11:21am
A website dedicated to all deaf young people is being launched today by the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS), after a survey showed that 90 per cent want more opportunities to meet other deaf people.
www.buzz.org.uk , has been developed by and for deaf young people aged 8 - 18, and provides a space for deaf young people
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Ofcom report into telecommunications for deaf people
by
Funny Old Life
Posted
Wed 01 Jul 2009 4:51pm
, and have relied instead on email, SMS, MSN Messenger, and asking hearing people to make calls for me. That’s how frustrating and difficult it can be for a deaf person to make a phone...
Ofcom have now published their long-awaited report on telecommunications for deaf people, the current provision in the UK and their recommendations. Another, more detailed
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Grammar pilot helping deaf people
by
DeafBlog
Posted
Wed 01 Apr 2009 2:43pm
A new approach to teaching English-language reading and writing skills to deaf people is delivering "immensely promising" results, a charity has said.
Deaf Connections..., which deaf people can find difficult to grasp.
Trials of MVL began in January on 12 deaf people from Glasgow. So far, the results have impressed literacy tutor Lucy Cole, who
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New communications service for deaf people
by
DeafBlog
Posted
Fri 03 Jul 2009 2:51pm
Deaf and foreign language patients at the Royal United Hospital will be helped by a pioneering new communications service.
The RUH, Bath, is working with Sign Health, a national charity for deaf people, to offer a service called Sign Translate to patients.
This will give profoundly deaf patients online access to a fully trained interpreter who
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