About two years ago I decided to put a simple mobile phone in our dispatch office so that my mother, who is almost deaf, could book a taxi. She loved the idea; it gave her a new lease on life.
She was telling her hearing friends about it and before I knew it we were receiving about 100 text bookings per week from her friends and their families.
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RTÉ and Met Éireann are delighted to announce a new service for the deaf community. The first weekly weather forecast in ISL (Irish Sign Language) will be broadcast this Sunday, 17th July, at 5.45pm on RTÉ One.
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The IDS would like to share this video with you explaining the reasons why we oppose one the suggested names for the new Deaf Village
Hi, I am a DCU Masters student doing my thesis on ‘Facebook and Deaf Communications’.
The main idea behind it is looking at how Facebook is changing how teenagers who are deaf or hard-of-hearing can communicate with each other and with their hearing friends!
What Meeting to start fighting against the cuts in special needs education
When Wednesday 15th June at 16:30
Where The Temple Bar Hotel, Fleet Street, Dublin 2