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In-store sign language pilot service to support the needs... At The Rim Mobile network operator (MNO) Three is to pilot a new scheme to help deaf customers communicate with staff in selected retail stores using British Sign Language (BSL) through a video service provided by Birmingham-based BSL learning and services organisation Sign Solutions. The new partnership extends an existing relationship that exists between Three and Sign Solu... Mon, Sep 25 2017 · 13 hours ago Gene therapy on hearing loss and Ushers. At The Rim Scientists from the Institut Pasteur, Inserm, the CNRS, Collège de France, University Pierre et Marie Curie, and University Clermont Auvergne, have recently restored hearing and balance in a mouse model of Usher syndrome type 1G, characterized by profound congenital deafness and vestibular disorders caused by severe dysmorphogenesis of the mechanoelectrical transduct... Mon, Sep 25 2017 · 13 hours ago The Deaf in la-la land ?.. At The Rim Another foot in mouth, approach from the AOHL, who never cease to amaze us with their weird ideas about inclusion, considering it isn't a Deaf charity at all, and just utilising a 'Deaf' week for self promotional reasons.. They are desperate to counter the success of sign promotion over HoH need, so any bandwagon will do. Basically this petition demand as with ... Sun, Sep 24 2017 Life in a hearing world At The Rim Life in a hearing world from Simon Blakeley on Vimeo.Clearly without captions it seems.... Sat, Sep 23 2017 Tips for hearing friends. At The Rim Assuming your hearing friends watch your youtube :) Sat, Sep 23 2017 Deaf Teenager gets eight A* GCSEs At The Rim Get ahead, get a CI ? Teenager says eight A* GCSEs show deaf children can avoid underachieving tag. A deaf teenager is celebrating after gaining eight A*s at GCSE and says her results show deaf children can overcome the “stereotype” of underachieving. Jessica Olliver, from Hove, East Sussex, achieved her top grades, as well as a seven and six in English and... Sat, Sep 23 2017 Deaf kids school bus trashed... At The Rim Callous thieves have left children with hearing impairment high and dry after stealing parts off their school minibus. Pupils at Catwg Primary School in Neath have been left devastated after the minibus, which is frequently used for school trips, was vandalised and parts from the engine were stolen. It means the van is now out of action. Head teacher Carol Bassett,... Sat, Sep 23 2017 My disability is worse than yours ? At The Rim We are still reading comments and posts where there is suggestion one person's hearing loss experience is nothing compared with the huge disadvantages of being born with it. I don't agree that those who lose hearing after, aren't as disabled as those who are born with it. In many respects it is a matter of perspectives. The true definition of a disability, is LOS... Sat, Sep 23 2017 Access to Work: What for ? At The Rim From HoH social media feedback. What is the reasoning behind paying up to £42K a year to keep the 'Deaf' in a job ? There must be a better use for this money than to support the fact if the state don't support you, the employers certainly won't ? Is it just to fund the very dependent sign using areas to access their own Arts and cultural areas ? (Read via... Thu, Sep 21 2017 Deaf Man shot dead by police... At The Rim A criminal investigation has been launched after a man, who was holding a stick, was shot dead by police in the southeast side of Oklahoma city last night. A witness told the Daily Mail that people were yelling at police that the man was deaf before an officer shot him. 'We have lived in the neighbourhood for 13 years so we knew him to see and we knew that he w... Wed, Sep 20 2017 Owls hold the key to better hearing.. At The Rim German researchers have discovered that barn owls, which rely heavily on their sensitivity to faint sounds in order to hunt, do not suffer any significant hearing loss even when they are elderly. Georg Klump, professor of animal physiology and behaviour at the University of Oldenburg, said it was likely that the ancestors of humans and other mammals had once had a ... Wed, Sep 20 2017 New Deaf Club in Welwyn G City... At The Rim A new club for deaf and hard of hearing people is coming to Welwyn Garden City to help prevent isolation. The group called, Welwyn Hatfield Deaf Club, is officially opening on Friday, September 29, at the Ludwick Family Club, in Hall Grove. The grand opening, which begins at 7pm and ends at 9pm, will be attended by the director of Welwyn Hatfield mayor, councillor Ly... Tue, Sep 19 2017 Why deaf prisoners can't phone home... At The Rim Calling home from prison is cumbersome and expensive. For deaf people behind bars, it’s even tougher, sometimes impossible. The technology provided to deaf people in most US prisons is a teletypewriter, a machine developed in the 1960s that requires users to type their messages. The system is rife with problems. Most deaf households have switched to some kin... Tue, Sep 19 2017 Access to Work: Is it viable, or the right way ahead ? At The Rim Much is written about the anger of deaf people having their financial support to work being capped, making a job very difficult to get or maintain. examples of caps are listed below... The annual cap (limit) is: 1st October 2015 to 31st March 2016 £40,800 1st April 2016 to 31st March 2017 £41,400 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2018 £42,100 I'm absolute... Tue, Sep 19 2017 UK in the dock... At The Rim 6,000 disabled dead before their time because the UK government withdrew their support and allowances and send it to a very dubious and corrupt 3rd world, who promptly spent it this way: Pakistan: A country that promotes terrorism and denies females an education or equality. India: A country that used UK funding to improve its missile arsenal aimed at Pakistan... Mon, Sep 18 2017 Is Braille relevant today ? At The Rim The question is asked, could a further query apply to sign language being replaced by text ? Sign has lost out already in Media and via iphone. When Renita Rogers was growing up, her mother pinned her outfits together to help make sure her daughter wore clothes that matched. Today, Rogers, who has been blind since birth, just uses an application on her smar... Sun, Sep 17 2017 D/d 'in-fighting' is it destroying equality ? At The Rim My thoughts and feelings toward people dictating the use of the word "disability" and the supposed negative connotations associated with the word, as well as infighting in Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities regarding who gets to be considered "deaf" and problems with ignoring the hearing spectrum. ATR COMMENT: This is the corner-stone of most of my presence ... Fri, Sep 15 2017 Sign Language, to be recognized in Sri Lanka At The Rim Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage, S.B. Dissanayake submitted a draft bill and the Cabinet approved to recognize sign language as an official language in Sri Lanka. S.B. Dissanayake - Minister of Social Empowerment, Welfare and Kandyan Heritage Minister Dissanayake had pointed out that official recognition of sign language will allow a d... Thu, Sep 14 2017 Medics use Facetime as deaf support... At The Rim Medics in south Wales hope to roll out a new service to ensure deaf patients and staff always have access to a sign language interpreter. It follows a trial using the live Facetime video features on iPad tablets at Neath Port Talbot Hospital and the Princess of Wales in Bridgend. Hip replacement patient Darren Tobin praised the new system as "fantastic". The Abert... Thu, Sep 14 2017 D Versus d At The Rim Is this hearing loss envy or what ? Why is there a need to be 'versus' anyone with a hearing or profound loss ? Basically it is deaf activism who needs to keep justifying itself...which suggests a huge lack of belief in themselves, you know what happened when they cried wolf TOO much... Celebrate difference, accept it, not attack it, we know where that leads.... Wed, Sep 13 2017 How disabled people enabled creative Invention... At The Rim Inventive solutions to an impairment lead to advances in science and technology Unbeknown to most employers, people with disabilities sparked the creation of many of the technologies we use today. Through my work as a disability rights lawyer, and my personal experiences as a deafblind woman, I have spent a significant amount of time studying the disability experie... Wed, Sep 13 2017 Sign Tutor up for an award... At The Rim A sign language teacher at Witchford Village College has been nominated for a national award by her students. Share article from on facebook Tweet article from Share article from on Google Pluspost article from on reddit email article from Pip Johns, who has had a 100 per cent pass rate since teaching at the school, is a community education tutor there. ... Wed, Sep 13 2017 Lack of captioned films... At The Rim Only 1 film in the this year's festival lineup offers closed captioning services. Film critic Michael McNeely, who is deaf and partially blind, gave up going to the film festival this year because of the barriers he faces. From teleprompter to Associate Producer, Ali Chiasson worked many desks at CBC News Network before stepping in front of the cameras at CBC ... Wed, Sep 13 2017 People of the eye.. At The Rim An Excerpt of The DH Ensemble on BBC's See Hear talking about People of the Eye from The Deaf & Hearing Ensemble on Vimeo. Tue, Sep 12 2017 Deaf Group sues Lifespan. At The Rim The Rhode Island Association of the Deaf is suing Providence, R.I.-based Lifespan Health for allegedly not providing qualified sign language interpreters to communicate with deaf patients or their relatives, according to Providence Journal. The lawsuit alleges that the health system violated the Americans with Disabilities Act when it did not consistently provide a... Tue, Sep 12 2017 ASL Terps: Swamped with access demands... At The Rim Interestingly it reveals that reports of a 'fake' ASL terp were inaccurate, it was in fact a CODA helping out deaf family members when there wasn't a terp available.Raises an interesting point here in the UK, given 76% of ALL deaf rely on CODA's or other family members for translation and support and opposed challenges to that.With Hurricane Harvey devastating southea... Tue, Sep 12 2017 No More Heroes ? At The Rim Inspirational Porn. It feeds paternalism, pigeon-holes disabled and deaf people, and creates an underclass spoon-fed by charity and mostly dependent, who suggest it is 'empowerment' so something else.. That empowerment is still coming from individuals not the system. Sadly we contribute to the poor and oppressed me, by extolling the fact someone deaf or di... Mon, Sep 11 2017 Deaf/HoH: What is it like ? At The Rim We are always grateful when accessible posts are made raising the issues we face, but really such posts should NOT be made to us, we know what it is like, and should be posted to mainstream/hearing areas or no awareness gets raised. YouTube has no influence to redirect such awareness to where it counts, so it relies on hearing people looking for such posts. Inde... Sun, Sep 10 2017 Deaf Jam (Trailer) At The Rim 8 DOCUMENTARY DEAF JAM TRAILER-vimeo from KROXSS on Vimeo. Sun, Sep 10 2017 Caleb Gets more sponsorship... At The Rim A talented deaf go-kart racer from Torfaen is set to make his debut in a UK-wide contest after receiving another season of sponsorship from a housing firm. This year, Caleb McDuff will compete for the first time in the MSA IAME British Cadet Championship - a class of the Super One Series for racers aged between eight and 13.Deaf Go-Cart kid gets more sponsors... ... Sun, Sep 10 2017 Why Sign and Talk ? At The Rim The reason many don't talk even when they are able, is because they know/assume mainstream immediately equates speech with hearing and it creates difficulties in communicating after. However 'Playing dumb' (Or assuming sign language users are), is not exactly a view supported by deaf sign using people. No matter how difficult it is to convince people speech does no... Sat, Sep 09 2017 The Deaf Identity.. At The Rim IDS Key Message: Deaf Identity from Irish Deaf Society on Vimeo. Never mentions profound loss, which makes you a deaf person, not language. It doesn't define deaf communities either. There are numerous deaf people who use sign daily, but aren't viewing themselves as a linguistic minority, I use sign daily have done for 23 years, but NOT a member of any linguistic... Sat, Sep 09 2017 Welfare assessments ? At The Rim Why they fail the Deaf and HoH, and how the Deaf & HoH fail to fess up to it ? Here are some areas I noted those with hearing loss have.. A deaf or seriously hearing impaired person may not have effective speech, and have difficulties being understood. Can have learning/literacy/mental health issues. Can be a sign language user who has difficulties in ac... Fri, Sep 08 2017 Hurricane Irma... At The Rim FSDB Alert - September 7, 2017 from FSDB Video Library on Vimeo. Fri, Sep 08 2017 Social Media: Just another exclusive area ? At The Rim In the Philippines they are extolling the usage of social media to express greater advocacy, but, are we ? Such a lot of deaf or HoH advocacy social media includes, is via dedicated deaf or HoH areas, and the real issue is that advocacy does NOT then spread outward, because mainstream avoid such areas, no-one goes looking for a cause to support.. We need to go out t... Fri, Sep 08 2017 Help to get around with PERI... At The Rim According to the World Health Organisation, around 5 per cent of the world population (360 million) have disabling hearing loss. This can mean they miss out important audio cue, giving them a lack of spatial awareness - for instance, not being able to hear the honk of vehicles when crossing a busy road. PERI is an attachment that can be strapped to spectacles that ... Thu, Sep 07 2017 Deaf patients face delays over NHS poor communication At The Rim An urgent medical examination for a deaf patient was delayed after hospital staff failed to book a sign language interpreter. That was one of the experiences reported during an investigation by the patient group Healthwatch Hartlepool and Hartlepool Deaf Centre into local GP and hospital services in response to concerns raised by deaf patients. They presented a numbe... Thu, Sep 07 2017 Understanding Social Security Benefits... At The Rim Stats in the USA. reveal 79,000 claim SS, out of 1m deaf entitled to it. By comparison the UK has that number claiming, despite having far less than 79,000 deaf people. About 40 years too late for the UK, as Deaf are advised to use disability support areas and the CAB and neither have the funds to provide signed support, and the BDA hasn't any trained staff in Wa... Wed, Sep 06 2017 Disaster leads to wearable breakthrough for the deaf. At The Rim In one of the most tragic incidents in South Africa’s North West province in recent memory, three teenage girls were burnt to death and 23 injured when they jumped from a building at a school for the deaf during a hilly winter morning. The death of the minors aged between 16 and 18 at the School for the Deaf in Leeudoringstad, attributed to the fact that they did... Wed, Sep 06 2017 Google Doodle At The Rim Today, a Google Doodle is celebrating the UK's most widely-used communication for the deaf and Braidwood's Academy, the place where it all began. An estimated 151,000 people use British Sign Language in the UK. Who was Thomas Braidwood? Thomas Braidwood was born in South Lanarkshire, Scotland in 1715, and established himself as a writing teacher educating wealth... Wed, Sep 06 2017 The Mushroom Syndrome...
At The Rim Frustrated deaf people plan to protest a refusal by television networks to use sign language interpreters in televised political leaders' debates. A petition signed by 2000 people was delivered to TVNZ last week asking for an interpreter during the live political debates, but it and MediaWorks have rebuffed the plea. Protest organiser Kim Robinson says a group woul... Tue, Sep 05 2017 |
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