Irish Deaf Society: This poster shows that even a small group of people are powerful and can make a change – together as a group, the Deaf community CAN make changes!
Do you want Irish Sign Language recognised in Ireland? You can do it! Support our campaign by clicking on the ISLR facebook page for more information:
https://www.facebook.com/IrishSignLanguageRecognitionCampaign
Irish Deaf Society: Have you filled in the ISL Survey? We need more people to fill it in.
If you ever use Irish Sign Language (Does not matter if you are Deaf, HOH, Deafened, CODA or Hearing) — we want EVERYONE who uses ISL to fill this survey in!
We can make use of those who would be interested from the estimated 70,000 who already know and use BSL, along with those interested in learning it, to develop teachers who can then teach it to primary school children from age 4 until secondary school, by which point they should be fluent.
Once the first wave of children have become parents, employees and teachers, BSL can be taught to even younger children at home and in nursery school, and throughout primary and secondary school.
By this time, BSL would not have to be taught as a separate subject, but used to deliver other subjects. This would ensure continued use and fluency until university age.
Further read at: http://limpingchicken.com/2014/10/27/tabitha-laksimi-the-uk-needs-bsl-as-a-second-language-heres-why/
DeafHear.ie: Would you like to know more about Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia? You can view the last in the series of information films on dementia with ISL presentation here:
View at: What’s the difference between Alzheimer’s Disease and dementia?
A TEN-year-old boy will be responsible for a historic contribution to the Late Late Toy Show on Friday night when sign language will be used for the first time.
Further read at: www.herald.ie/entertainment/tv-radio/better-late-late-than-never-as-toy-show-to-use-sign-language-30778959.html
DeafHear.ie: Parents! Check out the Winter Update on Parents Corner, Christmas events and highlights of 2014 here: www.deafhear.com/ParentsCorner/
The 112 SMS service lets deaf, hard of hearing and speech-impaired people in the Republic of Ireland send an SMS text message* to the Emergency Call Answering Service (ECAS) where it will be passed to An Garda Síochána, the Ambulance service, the Fire service, or the Irish Coastguard. The ECAS operator will act as a relay between the texter and the required emergency service.
Further details including ISL video at: http://www.112.ie/112_SMS_Service/142#.VGIecVIqW71
Well done to Sinead and Gaye for completing the course! We at IrishDeaf.com are pleased to have supported Irish Deaf Women’s Group with this important project.
Irish Deaf Women’s Group are hugely grateful to IrishDeaf.com for their kind donation and supports to send IDWG board members Gaye Regan and Sinead Winters-Smith to Gallaudet University, Washington DC USA for a week training ‘Deaf Women’s Leadership Seminar’ last July 2014. This donation helped pay for flights expenses so it was very much appreciated.
DeafHear.ie: Want to know more about DeafHear’s social mentoring project for the Deaf Community in the West of Ireland?
Click on the link to read more and watch the video: https://www.deafhear.ie/DeafHear/newsFeature.html?who=837
Deaf Education Centre: The Hanen “It Takes Two To Talk” programme is currently being run for parents of children who are deaf/hard of hearing in the Deaf Education Centre. This is an 8 week parents programme and the aim will be to increase children’s speech, language and communication in the home and through everyday routines. Areas that are focused on are the stages of language development, the importance of parents interaction, increasing language through play, books, music and everyday routines.
The facilitators of the course are Deirdre Cunningham, the speech and language therapist working with deaf/hard of hearing children in Dublin North West and Mary O’Malley, speech and language therapist (PCCC Dublin North West). We are fully certified and trained in Hanen and have experience with working with deaf/ hard of hearing children.
http://www.hanen.org/Programs/For-Parents/It-Takes-Two-to-Talk.aspx
The family group is a great way to learn more about your child’s communication, get advice and tips on how to help their language at home and it is also nice to get support and advice from other families. If you would like any more information on this programme or would like to attend the next course, you may contact Deirdre on [email protected]