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…
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…
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…
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….
The Breast Screening programme by HSC Public Health Agency in NI, has produced a video to show the what happens when women attend their appointment for a mammogram. The video is available in BSL and ISL. A subtitled version will be available shortly. Source: http://www.cancerscreening.hscni.net/2170.htm