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Measles: A Deaf complaint ?
At The Rim Or why social models of deafness, are a sham.... In the UK serious outbreaks of Rubella (Measles), prompted a string of media health warnings of the dire result to children who don't get vaccinated via MMR, and contract the disease.  So far so good. But look at the rhetroic of health awareness: "You can contract terrible illness and disabilities like deafness.....
Sun, Dec 08 2013 · 6 hours ago

Deaf son: Now hears with musical parents.
At The Rim Matt and Emma Denton, both professional musicians, discovered within hours of their son’s birth that he could not hear properly. At one, Charlie was prescribed hearing aids. By the age of two and a half he was pronounced profoundly deaf – so deaf, said his doctors, that if an aeroplane took off next to him, he would not hear it. His parents – one half of the ...
Sun, Dec 08 2013 · 7 hours ago

Hatfieled Teen files complaint at Dominoe's
At The Rim A Hatfield teen, who volunteers as a firefighter at Hatfield Fire Co., and his mother claim he was fired from his job at Domino's on West Main Street in Lansdale because he is deaf in both ears. The Reporter featured the story of Kyle Riess, 17, who wears hearing aids in both ears and also lives with cerebral palsy. Riess, a junior at North Penn High School, ha...
Fri, Dec 06 2013

Deaf Awareness....
At The Rim Deaf awareness in Manchester.
Fri, Dec 06 2013

Deaf Chimpanzee to get Human Rights ?
At The Rim NEW YORK, USA – Walking, talking chimpanzees may be TV comedy gold, but now 3 courts in New York are being asked to recognize 4 chimps as "legal persons" with fundamental rights.  As for the one called Kiko, the Nonhuman Rights Project said he is partially or totally deaf because of abuse he suffered while on the set of a Tarzan movie before being acquired by the c...
Fri, Dec 06 2013

Deaf: We don't want your money or Charity.....
At The Rim Let's get rid of all deaf charities for good.   Let those who run and participate in them, take  compulsory awareness classes until they get the message right. Current concerns in the UK are about increasing reliance on charities who are underpinning state neglect of their legal duties of empowering deaf and HI people, and emancipating them.   It is causing d...
Fri, Dec 06 2013

How to: Open a Bottle of wine.
At The Rim This will be handy for Xmas, I never knew how to do that ! (Next week:  How to blow up a balloon...)
Wed, Dec 04 2013

Finnish deaf advocate wins UN prize
At The Rim Liisa Kauppinen was Executive Director at the Finnish Association of the Deaf from 1976 to 2006, and became the first female president of the World Federation for the Deaf in 1995.  She has worked for the World Health Organisation and UNESCO, among other global NGOs.  She becomes the first Finnish recipient of the award. Previous winners include Nelson Mandela, M...
Wed, Dec 04 2013

China: Hearing Han does the signing...
At The Rim In the beginning, when Han Qingquan first learned to sign, he practiced it at every opportunity.  One day, while on a bus with a friend, their sign language conversation drew stares - and perhaps some pity for these poor deaf-mutes. Then Han's phone rang and he answered the call. The other passengers were stunned. Han, 28, now teaches full-time at Sign Langua...
Wed, Dec 04 2013

Scotland: Leading Deaf School has poor leadership
At The Rim SCOTLAND'S national deaf school has been ordered to improve its leadership after inspectors found important weaknesses in the way it was being run. Education Scotland criticised the governance of Donaldson's Deaf School, in Linlithgow, as well as communication between the board, staff and parents.  Key strengths of the schools were recorded as the "outstanding qua...
Wed, Dec 04 2013

History of BSL Online
At The Rim Following the successful summer exhibition of the History of British Sign Language, the material displayed has now been compiled and captured in a unique online catalogue.  The online catalogue has been funded by a 10 thousand pound grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF). Coupled with an additional four thousand seven hundred and fifty pounds funding support from...
Tue, Dec 03 2013

Deaf teens on work experiences....
At The Rim NDCS Signed BSL Vlog with captions:   Deaf teens Chloe and James tell us about their work experience at John Lewis. Get tips and advice on work, college and uni here:
Tue, Dec 03 2013

Deaf angry at faceless pros and Interpreters...
At The Rim Undermining access campaign...... Thousands of deaf people are protesting over new government guidance that makes it harder for them to obtain the support they need to communicate in the workplace. The Access to Work (AtW) guidance means that any deaf person who needs more than 30 hours a week of government-funded communication support has to employ their own full-tim...
Tue, Dec 03 2013

Marlee on Dogs....
At The Rim vblog:  Oscar-winning actress Marlee Matlin is an advocate for Dogs for the Deaf a non-profit organization that rescues shelters dogs and trains them to assist people with hearing impairments.
Tue, Dec 03 2013

The Deaf Brain....
At The Rim Next the deafened brain ?   This talk looks at the British Deaf community, their language (British Sign Language), culture - and their brains.  Wherever communities of deaf people exist, sign languages are spontaneously developed – languages unrelated to spoken languages - exploiting vision and space for linguistic purposes. BSL and some of its striking fea...
Tue, Dec 03 2013

The other Martha's Vineyard...
At The Rim “I am a deaf daughter of a deaf farmer, living in a small village near Dadu. It’s a place where many, if not most, children are born deaf. The deaf and the hearing work side by side; communication via gestures is quite ‘normal’ for the hearing. We have developed our own sign language. Due to poverty, education and employment opportunities are almost non-existe...
Tue, Dec 03 2013

Out of Hours sign support in OZ.....
At The Rim Auslan signed vblog from Australia.  A very relevant posting especially to us in the UK who have nothing of access to OOH (Out of Hours), systems that work.Narrative below. Hello -- I am Brent Phillips, Manager at SLC VIC, Vicdeaf's interpreting service. I have two good news to share with you all about SLC VIC. (1) SLC VIC received funding to provide an After ...
Mon, Dec 02 2013

It's a mad, mad, mad, mad, mad, deaf world
At The Rim How and where to use the letters/terms Deaf, and deaf, and this example must have been created by someone NOT English at all.....  Can we stop this nonsense for good and move on ?  It's not even basic English..... or grammar....  Deaf Sentence Examples: Deaf ear ' with ' wielding a big stick ' .Were they born deaf, or did they become deaf?For example, a bank shoul...
Mon, Dec 02 2013

Northumbrian Police NPCC: BSL video updates
At The Rim This captioned/Signed video has been produced using British Sign Langage (BSL) to outline the Police and Crime Plan produced by the Northumbria Police and Crime Commissioner, Vera Baird.
Mon, Dec 02 2013

RYA Award for Deaf Sailor.....
At The Rim Gerry Hughes, a teacher from Glasgow, was presented with the first ever RYA Sailability Personal Endeavour Award on ITV’s Surprise Surprise (Sunday 01 December) in recognition of his historic voyage as the first deaf yachtsman to sail single-handedly around the world via the Five Great Capes. The award, which was created in his honour, was presented on the show b...
Mon, Dec 02 2013

Pay up or we close deaf school...
At The Rim The only Technical School for the Deaf in Ghana risk losing their current place of study if a 14,000 Ghana cedis rent fees are not settled by close of this week. JOY News’ Yaa Fosua Gyamfi found out the rent for the Senior High Technical School for the Deaf expired last Friday.  The property and land owners of the school are demanding that the authorities pay all m...
Mon, Dec 02 2013

Deaf mom copes with lack of heat, or electricity
At The Rim Guadaloupe Phillips, of Alton, is a deaf stay-at-home mom whose children range from age 3 to 16. Her children are Zekia, 16, Reggie, 15, Antonia, 9, Antonine, 8, Duronda Jr., 6, Davion, 5, D-adrian, 4, and Dayza, 3.  Guadaloupe Phillips of Alton is hoping to have happy holidays with her family but is struggling with an unheated home and no means of providing Christma...
Mon, Dec 02 2013

Xmas songs for hearing dogs...
At The Rim Woof !  Learn to sign a Xmas song in BSL (Although we DON'T use that sign for Xmas in Wales (Sorry !)).
Sun, Dec 01 2013

Honours for Jack Ashley
At The Rim RUSKIN College in Oxford has honoured one of its former students who went on to became a well-known disability campaigner. At a ceremony at the Headington college yesterday, a room was named after Lord Ashley, who died last year aged 89.  All three of the Labour peer’s daughters and two of his grandchildren visited the continuing education college to attend the ...
Sun, Dec 01 2013

Britain on the Breadline....
At The Rim Now, will AOHL listen to deaf people and STOP using Malcolm Bruce as a figurehead for the deaf children and HI ?  He VOTED for the bedroom taxes.   Just what does it take to make this charity aware of ethics and morality ? and its obligation to its own members ? or is it charitable promotion at any cost ?     The reality of the UK's cost of living crisis has co...
Sat, Nov 30 2013

The next best Interpreter thing...
At The Rim Holly Maniatty creates music — for the deaf. Teaming American Sign Language with dance moves and body language, she brings musical performances alive for those who can't hear. Her clients are a who's who of rock, pop and hip-hop: Bruce Springsteen, Eminem, Mumford and Sons, Jay-Z, Billy Joel, Marilyn Manson, U2, Beastie Boys and Wu-Tang Clan, to name a few. Alon...
Sat, Nov 30 2013
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Hidden-Hearing: Visible discrimination ?
At The Rim We read recently of people with hearing loss and severe deafness STILL being charged to attend classes on re-learning communication, we also read of colleges charging exorbitant fees for students who want to learn deaf communications to act as interpreters and other support when they qualify.  ATR as been fighting for 15 YEARS for the removal of fees for deaf and HI ...
Sat, Nov 30 2013

Tinnitus is a treatable disease...
At The Rim The Hearing Impaired and Tinnitus Association has organised a second landmark talk on Tinnitus following their successful Deaf Awareness Conference last month. Professor Berthold Langguth, Chair of the Tinnitus Research Initiative Foundation will give a lecture on Tinnitus – Causes and Management, Neurological Mechanisms of Tinnitus, Evidence Based Treatment of T...
Fri, Nov 29 2013

Kids toys, too damn noisy !
At The Rim It's that time of year: many of you are headed out this holiday weekend to buy toys and begin the Christmas shopping season. But when you play Santa, parents also need to pick wisely. Many toys can hurt your children's hearing.  Here's what you need to know:  When it comes to some of the most popular toys, even Dora the Explorer strikes a sour note with hearing e...
Fri, Nov 29 2013

Council pledges to support deaf..
At The Rim My concern as always is will they mention or even support others with hearing loss  ? This is what we are up against in campaigning issues, a blanket assumption all deaf use sign language, they don't understand, BSL using deaf do NOT support the access choices of non-signers, they are a self contained campaigning body with little interest in other loss areas.    ...
Fri, Nov 29 2013

About Cancer.....
At The Rim Captioned/Signed vlog:  A 29 minute video file created a few years ago that provides information about cancer using British Sign Language.
Fri, Nov 29 2013

“Made for iPhone” hearing aids by Apple.
At The Rim Apple is tapping into a fresh market that will soon give hearing-impaired iPhone users a new option for handset-connected hearing aids as the first wave of “Made for iPhone” hearing aids prepares to ship in the first quarter of 2014, Reuters reported On Sunday. The revolutionary new hearing aid is called ReSound LiNX™ and is the result of a partnership betwee...
Thu, Nov 28 2013

Feeling confident about deafness...
At The Rim Captioned vlog:    Parents Abbie and Martin tell us how they are helping their two year-old daughter feel confident about her deafness.
Thu, Nov 28 2013

Deaf Sex Offender back behind Bars.
At The Rim Just days after winning an early release from prison, convicted sex offender Cameron Hore sent one of his victims a text. His lawyers say it only read "what you up to", but the breach has landed him back behind bars for at least another three months. The 30-year-old was released from Christchurch prison on parole last month on the condition he didn't contact his ...
Thu, Nov 28 2013

Business: Get trained to assist the deaf customer.
At The Rim BUSINESSES in Derby are being urged to help shape training for deaf and hearing impaired customers by taking part in a survey.  They are being asked to name the top five most important points they have found useful when making their services available to British Sign Language customers.  Derby has the highest population of deaf people outside London, with more than ...
Thu, Nov 28 2013

Taking the Law into our own hands...
At The Rim Why not ?  THIS blog   I read today raised he question of American deaf/HI others suing via the ADA for personal gain, and asked to whose benefit does that work ?  Partially it may set some precedence of wider access, but mostly it doesn't.  This set me thinking here in the UK as to how we could use our laws more effectively to gain our empowerment, and our inclu...
Wed, Nov 27 2013

Justice Dept: May block inaccessible websites ?
At The Rim Blind in the USA bring a case, in the UK we are considering it too.... the Laws on access are being ignored.    The website of Kansas City-based H&R Block Inc. isn’t designed to be used with commonly available technology — such as screen reader software, refreshable Braille displays and keyboard navigation aids — for people who are blind, deaf or have trouble ...
Wed, Nov 27 2013

Research proves positive value of CI's.
At The Rim Time to stop complaining.    Penn State Brandywine Assistant Professor of Psychology Daniela Martin is on the frontline of significant, unique research.  With the first generation of cochlear implant recipients reaching adulthood, Martin and her colleagues are out to discover the long-term psychological outcomes of this relatively new medical procedure.    A coch...
Wed, Nov 27 2013

Deaf man tortured by Police
At The Rim Part signed vlog from the USA
Wed, Nov 27 2013

Cuts to ATW force deaf out of the job market.
At The Rim Government cost-cutting measures to the Access to Work scheme will create further barriers to employ deaf people, a group of charities have said. Leading HI/deaf organisations are warning that the change in policy will not only restrict deaf people's access to communication support but will also cost employers an extra £10,000 per deaf member of staff.  Wit...
Wed, Nov 27 2013

GP's not referring deaf for CI's...... Why ?
At The Rim The Department of Health needs to focus more attention on adults who suffer hearing loss, a new report says.  Experts working for the Ear Foundation charity, based in Sherwin Road, Nottingham, have published a report encouraging NHS bosses to rethink the current provision for aural services and encourage doctors to more readily recommend fitting cochlear implants for...
Tue, Nov 26 2013

Communication Support BIll talked out.
At The Rim Another false dawn, but with plenty of publicity.  We gather 7 'leading charities' were loitering at Westminster to lobby recently, albeit those who count didn't turn up, we've been there done that, with the old DDA where debates were moved to the dead zones of Friday Afternoon discussion and then some plant was put there to talk the issue out of time and zero it.  ...
Tue, Nov 26 2013

Deaf in the Health Field...
At The Rim Deaf access to health rights cartoon... from the USA
Tue, Nov 26 2013

New Card to help deaf with Police.
At The Rim Cecil County drivers who are deaf or hearing impaired can now get a free placard to notify law enforcement officers and other officials of their conditions. The placards, which are meant to be carried in the visor or glove compartment of a vehicle, can assist drivers with communication barriers. The laminated cards come from the Maryland Governor's Office of the De...
Tue, Nov 26 2013

50 Shades of deaf Grey...
At The Rim Sorry, not a blog about  this guff:  "Two orgasms… coming apart at the seams, like the spin cycle on a washing machine, wow. I had no idea what my body was capable of, could be wound so tightly and released so violently, so gratifyingly. The pleasure was indescribable." (Buy the book, or rather don't it is only for 13yr olds, and washing machine aficionado's).... ...
Mon, Nov 25 2013

Deaf community backs stiffer regs for interpreters
At The Rim The deaf and hard-of-hearing community is heartened by proposed regulations on interpreters issued late last week by the Michigan Department of Civil Rights that give deaf patients the ability to use good-faith judgment to refuse inadequate video remote interpreting services at medical facilities. The proposed regulations govern the way hospitals, physician offices...
Mon, Nov 25 2013

Social Services: We cannot protect children anymore...
At The Rim 600 social workers who responded to a child protection survey, published last week, raised alarming concerns about the state of child protection today and the pressure they’re facing – to downgrade cases of child abuse to reduce costs and meet arbitrary targets. Find out more about the survey and its findings and read 100 messages from children’s soci...
Mon, Nov 25 2013

The collapse of Common sense.
At The Rim Just when you thought it was safe to mention C and I in the same sentence, we see a re-emergence of hysterical blog outbursts on Deaf.Read about the genocide of deaf culture via the Cochlear Implant, and how it is all some gigantic 'Hoax'.    Can we have some FACTS to back up this hysteria ?  How many born deaf adults have been 'forced' an implantation ?  In the U...
Mon, Nov 25 2013

The Signing Dr....
At The Rim Deborah Gilboa had an unconventional path not only to becoming a family practice physician but also to becoming one of the few doctors in the nation who is fluent in American Sign Language. After completing a bachelor's degree in theater at Carnegie Mellon University in 1992, the Chicago native took a job as stage manager with Deaf West Theater in Los Angeles. It w...
Mon, Nov 25 2013

Deaf Man Shot in Cleveland..
At The Rim Police are investigating after a female was robbed and a deaf man was shot on the east side of Cleveland. Early Saturday morning officers responded to 987 Evangeline Road for a robbery. When they arrived at the scene police located a female victim who told police that she was walking out of a friends house at 958 Stevenson Road when she was approached by two black...
Sun, Nov 24 2013