A Free Welsh Forum ?
Byddar - Cymru Byddar Cymru has asked the UK's largest single charity for those with deafness and hearing loss, for complete Autonomy of their website, to be dedicated only to Welsh areas.  This is an overdue response after many years of no or poor inclusion for Wales on the 'National' website, and where requests and representations to that charity had to be only made via a London-...
Mon, Jul 28 2014 · 47 minutes ago

800 Deaf campers enjoy this year’s Sign Circle festival!
The Limping Chicken 800 Deaf campers are today making their way home after enjoying this year’s Sign Circle camping festival, which was held in Longridge, Lancashire. Among this year’s attractions were a new ‘pub bus’ (above) improvised comedy (below), signed poetry, drama and media workshops, an outdoor cinema from the BSL Zone, dog show, mud wrestling, zorbing, and […]
Mon, Jul 28 2014 · 1 hour ago

Hands off our hearing aids!
I look so I can hear.... North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) has announced proposals to withdraw the provision of NHS-funded hearing aids for adults with mild to moderate age-related hearing loss! This would be devastating for people with hearing loss, leaving thousands of local residents unable to communicate in their day-to-day lives. If the cuts go ahead in North Staffor...
Mon, Jul 28 2014 · 1 hour ago

Deaf Student: Doesn't compomrise education of others.
At The Rim A student whose admission to Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences was revoked because he was deaf will start classes this fall, a federal judge ordered Tuesday. The student, Zachary Featherstone, was accepted into the university's College of Osteopathic Medicine in the spring of 2013, and began working with the university to figure out the logistics of h...
Mon, Jul 28 2014 · 2 hours ago

“My hearing loss has never held me back in music.” Meet...
The Limping Chicken Tell us about yourself. I’m nineteen years old, moderately deaf, and I’m currently studying in London for a music degree. I like anything creative and arty, and enjoy going to cultural events and exhibitions where historical artifacts are shown (very easy to get to when you live in London!). I am also highly involved with […]
Mon, Jul 28 2014 · 4 hours ago

Ten Characteristics that Make Good Books Great, by Lorilyn...
Lorilyn Roberts This was posted three years ago on my blog and is the most popular blog post I have written. I am reposting it here for those who may have missed it. Ten Characteristics that Make Good Books Great. #book #author #John316author Click Here
Sun, Jul 27 2014 · 8 hours ago

Possible Employment Solutions for Deaf/HoH
Deaf People Can't Get Jobs As I have been spending time searching for a job, I am realizing more and more that employers are only looking for experienced workers and that employers want the best of the best even for a dishwasher. I honestly can't tell you how extremely picky they are about who they hire. It's clear that they don't have time to train new employees. It puts jobseekers with limite...
Sun, Jul 27 2014 · 9 hours ago

Urgent Action for Disability Treaty Needed: Join July 29th...
Rambling Justice If you’re in DC and care about disability rights, please join the Disability Treaty Rally this July 29th! https://www.facebook.com/events/675884719173229/ Even if you cannot attend or aren’t in DC, there are other ways you can help!  This could be a crucial make or break moment for the Disability Treaty (called the Convention on the Rights of […]
Sun, Jul 27 2014 · 10 hours ago

TV TST – Profissão Intérprete
Cultura Surda Categoria: Surdez na mídia País: Brasil Línguas: Português e Língua de Sinais Brasileira (Libras/LSB) Site oficial:  [link] Ontem, dia 26 de julho, foi comemorado o Dia do Tradutor/Intérprete de Libras. Defendido por vários projetos de Lei (como o projeto de lei nº 185/2013, da Câmara Municipal do Rio de Janeiro; a lei nº 16.364, de 23 […]
Sun, Jul 27 2014 · 12 hours ago

Wembley Stadium Deaf-Friendly Football Day Pictures
PDDCS News Peterborough United's Deaf Youth football team went to Wembley Stadium on Sunday 27th July to take part in football training and matches against teams from Kent Deaf Children's Society and Brentford FC.With the impressive stadium looming magnificently in the background, players aged 4-14 joined in with some drills then some five-a-side matches with mixed teams. At the...
Sun, Jul 27 2014 · 13 hours ago

Interesting Facts about the Rubik’s Cube
DSTidbits One of the biggest crazes of the 80′s was a small cube with 6 different colors one on each side of the cube. It was … Continue reading →
Sun, Jul 27 2014 · 13 hours ago

Friends in Therapy
Captioned Web TV Two guys in therapy. They're friends, even though they're in therapy. https://www.youtube.com/user/friendsintherapy
Sun, Jul 27 2014 · 17 hours ago

Commonwealth Games: Did Deaf object ?
At The Rim This recent blog suggested deaf made objection to aspects of the Games, they didn't.  New Zealand deaf objected to own medias not making it caption accessible, which is an ongoing media issue in that country.   We are thrice blessed (Or cursed depending on how you view athletics), in the UK with complete coverage and wished we didn't frankly.   23 hours of sport ...
Sun, Jul 27 2014 · 22 hours ago

The iCommunicator
Silent Grapevine THE iCOMMUNICATOR. written by: PAULINE2013The i communicator is a device designed for the deaf and the hard of hearing to enable them have real-time conversations like any other able person. This devices combines computer software with hardware and is capable of incorporating with other hearing aids such as the cochlear implants as well as the FM listening system.Thi...
Sun, Jul 27 2014 · 23 hours ago

US Shame
At The Rim But UK abstaining is just as guilty... (OK Russia supporting human rights is a bit suss but...), and Germany/French reliance on Russian gas and oil, and France selling Russia warships means they have no principles either.  What an abysmal world set up we have, none have any care for the slaughter of women and children, now a 1,000 and counting....  I thought the USA...
Sun, Jul 27 2014 · 23 hours ago

RCS Survivor Video
At The Rim This video is for anyone who is thinking about reporting a sexual crime or who has already reported and their case is currently in Scottish justice system. There are interviews with key professionals and an overview of how to report and what you may expect at each stage of the process.
Sun, Jul 27 2014

Vudusign
At The Rim Vudusign is a European funded education project that is teaching the deaf how to use video as a creative tool for communication.
Sun, Jul 27 2014

Associação de Surdos do Ceará
Cultura Surda Categoria: Propaganda País: Brasil Anunciante: Associação de Surdos do Ceará Línguas: Português e Língua de Sinais Brasileira (Libras/LSB) A peça publicitária promovida pela Associação de Surdos do Ceará (ASCE) chama a atenção do espectador para o preconceito sofrido, diariamente, por pessoas surdas. No combate ao audismo/ouvintismo, afirma o anúncio: �...
Sun, Jul 27 2014

No one-size-fits all approach to education for deaf children
Every Word Counts... A letter I wrote to The Sunday Times in response to the article ‘I was worse than a Tiger Mum’ that appeared on July 13th, was published today. I hope that this will open the minds of Singaporeans especially parents and educators to the fact that an oral approach to deaf education doesn’t work for […]
Sat, Jul 26 2014

NAD Asks Deaf Community: Take Action to Support Disability...
Rambling Justice Yes, everyone should please call your Senators! The [link] website can help you with phone numbers and a suggested script for what to say on the phone to Senators’ staff.  Yes, you can call over the weekend–voice mail messages are counted, too!  Yes, you can call the same Senators with the same messages multiple times: […]
Sat, Jul 26 2014

CRPD Update July 2014
National Association of the Deaf blogs   read more
Sat, Jul 26 2014

Discussion #7: Warning Flags and Turn-Offs
Rambling Justice Originally posted on Disability in Kidlit:For our first anniversary, we’re bringing back the discussion post format! In these posts, we ask our contributors for their thoughts on various topics. We’ll post one every Friday this month. Today, we asked: What kinds of words, phrases, or situations used in book or character descriptions send up warning…
Sat, Jul 26 2014

Driving While Deaf – From the ACLU
deafinprison By BitcoDavid This was taken from the ACLU Web site. Being stopped by the police can be difficult for everyone. For those of us who are deaf, the experience can be far worse. For Pearl Pearson, a 64-year-old deaf man, a routine traffic stop led to a brutal assault by police. When an officer shouted […]
Sat, Jul 26 2014
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The Kids Are All Right: Superpowers as Disability
Rambling Justice Originally posted on thenerdsofcolor:In both Hollywood and the comic book world, reboots are common. They introduce a successful franchise to a new audience, presenting the story it in a different light and hopefully contributing something new to the existing canon (e.g., Fox’s Gotham as the most recent addition to the Batman oeuvre). While it’s…
Sat, Jul 26 2014

Driving While Deaf – From the ACLU
deafinprison By BitcoDavid This was taken from the ACLU Web site. Being stopped by the police can be difficult for everyone. For those of us who are deaf, the experience can be far worse. For Pearl Pearson, a 64-year-old deaf man, a routine traffic stop led to a brutal assault by police. When an officer shouted […]
Sat, Jul 26 2014