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
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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.
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/
Deaf Hear: Nearly three years ago IDS and DeafHear asked the Department of Social Protection to put some information on their website in ISL providing an overview of the Department, its role and services. The Department have recently done this, although their is much more to be done by the Department to make their information and services accessible in ISL.
You can watch the video here: www.welfare.ie/en/Pages/Video-guide-to-the-website.aspx
Filmed over nine months, The Sound Barrier follows a number of people who have made the decision to receive a cochlear implant and captures their individual remarkable journeys from silence to sound.
The ability to hear is something that most people take for granted. While for some deafness is a cherished identity, for others it’s a barrier to overcome.
Available to watch on RTE Player online – www.rte.ie/player/show/10443139/
With access to the Cochlear Implant Unit of Dublin’s Beaumont hospital, this film follows four deaf patients as they receive electronic surgical implants.
More information about this programme: www.rte.ie/tv/programmes/thesoundbarrier.html