Category: News & Events

At Firefly Music Festival in June, while thousands of fans watched Of Monsters and Men perform a daytime set, a few people were focused on the skinny blond man in the front corner of the stage. He was interpreting the songs in American Sign Language for deaf festivalgoers. He translated the lyrics, “We crawl, we crawl on the ground,” from “Six Weeks,” with a snarling facial expression and slow, desperate clawing motions with his arms.

Further read at: https://noisey.vice.com/en_us/article/inside-the-world-of-concert-sign-language-interpreters

The purpose of this consultation is to ensure that people who rely on Communication Support Services have opportunities to influence the development of the service regionally and express their views on a regional service model which offers a balance of face to face interpreting and, where appropriate, non face to face interpreting.

During the consultation period, the HSCB is seeking the views of people who are deaf or hard of hearing, their families, carers, staff, voluntary organisations and the general public. In addition to this a series of meetings, designed to engage directly with members of the deaf and hard of hearing community, has been organised and facilitated by BDA Northern Ireland.

Further details with ISL & BSL videos: www.hscboard.hscni.net/get-involved/consultations/consultation-communication-support/

Fianna Fáil Senator Mark Daly says legislation introduced by Fianna Fáil in the Seanad and published today will assist members of the deaf community by giving Irish Sign Language full and proper recognition.

The ‘Recognition of Irish Sign Language for the Deaf Community Bill’ will empower the deaf community by placing sign language on a statutory basis.

Senator Daly commented, “This legislation will ensure Irish Sign Language is designated as a native and independent language. It recognises that the language is used as the primary means of communication by over 5,000 members of the deaf community in Ireland.

Further read & video at: https://www.irishdeafsociety.ie/news-events/ff-bill-will-give-recognition-isl/

My name is Caitríona O’ Brien. I’m an Irish student doing a Masters at Oxford. My research looks at language, culture and identity of hearing children who were raised by one or more d/Deaf parents.

I am looking for adult CODAs (18+) who are willing to take part in my research by meeting with me (in person or using Skype) to fill out a questionnaire.

Download:

• Participant Poster.pdf
• Participant Poster.docx

Feel free to contact me at [email protected] with any questions about this research.

Deaf Sport Ireland: Would you be interested in playing Deaf TAG Rugby?

DSI are hoping to set up a team and want to know how many people (men & women) would be interested.

The suggestion is for a weekly training session on Wednesdays at 7pm in Deaf Village Ireland, with the aim of competing in the future and also having a lot of fun.

If you are interested, please text: 083-458 8004 or email: [email protected]

The invention of cochlear implants and other technologies have given many deaf and hard-of-hearing adults and children the option to hear. What, then, becomes of sign language?

When the world gets too loud—because of fireworks, or just to take a quiet break on the weekends—8-year-old Sophie knows what to do.

“When it’s really loud, I just take the magnet off,” she says.

http://www.newsworks.org/index.php/local/the-pulse/93692-to-sign-or-not-to-sign

Download IRIS Presentation (April 2016).pdf which has a list of services with IRIS.

Link to the IRIS Google Map. https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?hl=en&authuser=0&mid=za34Y1angzns.kGNH2AeKHVLw

Also SLIS website is updated: www.slis.ie

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.