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I always overcome communication barriers by using BSL interpreters and communication assistants (for translating between languages at a fluent level).

My family, who live in Europe, communicate with me by fingerspelling or using basic vocabulary signs and written language. Consequently, they lack the ability to convey information at a fluent level and I miss out on details.

I was not aware that my mother’s medical condition had developed two years before her death until I saw the death certificate that listed them.

Two months before my mother’s death, I was informed, not by my family, that my mother had been taken to hospital for unknown reasons.

Read the full story at: http://limpingchicken.com/2016/03/18/anonymous-i-wasnt-given-an-interpreter-when-my-mum-died-and-then-i-was-excluded-from-funeral-arrangements/

The Dept. of Social Protection (DSP) access for Irish Sign Language (ISL) users.

INFORMATION IN IRISH SIGN LANGUAGE (ISL)
Information in Irish Sign Language (ISL) about the DSP can be viewed at:
http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Video-guide-to-the-website.aspx

SIGN LANGUAGE INTEPRETING ACCESS WITH DSP.
Sign Language Interpreting access can be provided for customers meeting with staff.
http://www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Translation–Interpretive-and-Sign-Language%C2%A0Services.aspx

CUSTOMER CHARTER ACTION PLAN
http://www.welfare.ie/en/downloads/CustomerCharterActionPlan2013-2015.pdf
This policy covers 125 Social Welfare local and branch offices as well as 84 former FÁS and Community Welfare Services Offices. It also covers The General Register Office (GRO), The Social Welfare Appeals Office, The Pensions Board, The Office of the Pensions Ombudsman & The The Social Welfare Tribunal. A number of statutory agencies operate under the aegis of the Department including Citizen’s Information Board, MABS- Money Advice Budgeting Service & the National Advocacy Service.

Artist and TED Fellow Christine Sun Kim was born deaf, and she was taught to believe that sound wasn’t a part of her life, that it was a hearing person’s thing. Through her art, she discovered similarities between American Sign Language and music, and she realized that sound doesn’t have to be known

More information, click on: The enchanting music of sign language

Cordialement,

UNAPEDA
www.unapeda.asso.fr

Fourteen years ago I went to Exeter to see Jenny Sealey’s signed staging of The Changeling. I still recall the scene between Beatrice and De Flores when the appalled realisation dawns on both of them that they have misunderstood the other’s intention: she suddenly understands that he doesn’t want her money but her body; he twigs that she sees him merely as a paid assassin, not as a potential lover. What made it so vivid was the signing, which added layer upon layer to the drama, multiplying the gaps between the way we interpret language and misconstrue intention. The signing wasn’t a distraction, it was a bonus that added to our understanding of the drama, whether we could hear the text or not.

Source and further read: http://www.theguardian.com/stage/theatreblog/2015/oct/27/deaf-theatre-grounded-can-i-start-again-please

Michael Parkinson is still haunted by the isolation experienced by his grandparents, who were both profoundly deaf. The chat-show host says we must all do more to help the hard of hearing.

Further read at: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/health/7854950/Michael-Parkinson-The-deaf-are-discriminated-against.html

Trinity College Dublin: This video gives a great overview of a how to help & support students who are deaf or hearing impaired studying at at Trinity College Dublin.

These Walls Can Talk is a landmark first for Irish television – an intimate portrayal of the Irish Deaf Community, told through their unique experience of St Joseph’s School for Deaf Boys in Cabra. This is an ISL (Irish Sign Language) programme.

Link: http://www.rte.ie/player/gb/show/these-walls-can-talk-30003600/10477065/

Try international version if above doesn’t work: http://www.rte.ie/playerinternational/

Cabra Deaf Badminton Club is reopened now for the season 2015/16. New members are welcome to join. Training on a Monday night in Deaf Village Ireland, Cabra. Come along and try it out.

Click on the link for more information – https://www.facebook.com/Cabra-Deaf-Badminton-Club-532176076831979

A cinema chain is to show weekly subtitled movies for the deaf and hard of hearing.

The 22 Omniplex cinemas in Ireland will also provide sensory screenings for children with autism.

A statement from the chain says they believe cinema should be accessible for all – and anyone with a disability should be able to see a newly released movie, with as much freedom as possible.

Source: www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/business/omniplex-cinemas-to-provide-subtitled-movie-screenings-689890.html

Irish Deaf Society (IDS): The English translation for what Eddie Redmond (CEO) says in video is on our webpage – click here: www.irishdeafsociety.ie/news-events/press-release-bai/