A young mother, who travelled to Italy for pioneering surgery on her deaf son’s hearing, said she will have to sell her house after the HSE pulled the plug on funding for the operation.
Read the story at: www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/mother-selling-home-to-fund-sons-operation-after-hse-pulls-funding-340899.html
Meath Deaf Association MDA: This form is for CAVAN, DROGHEDA, MEATH & CASTLEBLANEY area (Monaghan)
Ethiopia DeafProject: Recently Ethiopia Deaf Project were successful in an application to Electric Aid for assistance in building an additional classroom (Grade 8) onto the ALDS. We were awarded €7,000. We are more than grateful to Electric Aid for this generous contribution. The balance of the money €7,300 came from the Ethiopia Deaf Project (Total: €14,300).
Attached is a photo of the foundation work which is progressing well. Its essential we get this complete asap as the rainy season is on the way! The rain over the past couple of days in Ireland was like a light shower in comparison to the rain that will fall in Ambo over the months of July and August! Hopefully the classroom will be ready to welcome students in September…..
Thanks again for all YOUR support in helping the Ethiopia Deaf Project complete this particular project.
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UNAPEDA: Mainstreaming Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing article from Teaching Tolerance – Number 50: Summer 2015
Well-written, thought-provoking article about mainstreaming students who are deaf or hard of hearing and the considerations that must be given
To read the article, please click on: Mainstreaming Students who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
NSPCC: This is a version of our Underwear Rule guide to help protect deaf children from abuse. Find out more about the Underwear Rule here: www.nspcc.org.uk/underwear
For the first time, the Eurovision Song Contest is being presented for deaf people in International Sign Language.
A team of six deaf artists and two hearing interpreters are performing at the semi-finals and the Grand Final.
Austrian broadcaster ORF said it was inspired by the victory of Conchita Wurst last year to make the contest even more inclusive.
Further read at: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-32812385
Deaf Hear.ie: Want to know more about listening to music at safe sound levels?
Find out more about our Keep the Sound campaign here: http://www.keepthesound.ie/News-008.html
Aiken Promotions said “the provision of a signing facility is not appropriate for this kind of performance”
Two deaf sisters have told of their disappointment that the promoter of a One Direction concert in Belfast will not provide them with a sign language interpreter for the Odyssey Arena event.
The Tribe is a Ukrainian film, directed by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy, set in a deaf boarding school where everyone communicates in sign language. When a teenager joins the school, he wins acceptance into a network dealing in crime and prostitution. But when he breaks the unwritten rules of the tribe, his future is threatened.
Further read at BBC’s Ouch Blog: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-ouch-32715477
Like a lot of Polish 17-year-olds, Mateusz Mach is into hip-hop.
“It is something I identify with,” Mach says.
Unlike a lot of Polish 17-year-olds, he decided to turn his appreciation into an app business. After six months of work, he released Five, a messaging app for Android, iPhone, and Apple Watch that lets you and your friends throw one another custom hand signs, like the kind rappers throw.
Further read at: http://uk.businessinsider.com/polish-entrepreneur-made-apple-watch-easier-for-deaf-people-2015-5