New Lower Postage Costs

New Lower Postage Costs

We have reviewed the postal rates and am pleased that we have now reduced these. This now means that the total cost of your orders will now be lower. For the popular orders of hearing aid batteries, these will now cost below €2 a pack – this includes postage and packaging! Shop and save with…

Accessing Housing Advice & Homeless Prevention Services

Thanks to the generous support of public and corporate donations, Threshold, a national housing charity, is now able to provide its vital services to the Deaf Community via the Irish Remote Interpreting Service (IRIS).   Since its foundation 40 years ago, Threshold has helped in the region of half a million people with a diverse…

The Limping Chicken Deaf students often have a lot of difficulties at university UNAPEDA

I’m doing a PhD at UCL Institute of Education looking at how sign language interpreting support is provided to Deaf students studying at university, and the experiences of Deaf students and interpreters. The results I’m sharing here are the first part of my study. We all know Deaf students often have a lot of difficulties…

Deaf woman applies for 1,000 jobs in 18 months – and is rejected from them ALL

A deaf woman has applied for 1,000 jobs in 18 months – and not landed a single one. Kellie Wilson, from Middleton Tyas, North Yorkshire, believes she is being snubbed by would-be employers because of her disability. Every job application she has made since the summer of 2017 has resulted in a series of rejections….