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Browsing All Posts published on »January, 2013«
Deaf News: British Deaf Association says census gives “misleading picture” of number of BSL users
The British Deaf Association has said that the census results, which we reported on yesterday, gives a “wholly wrong impression” of the number of sign language users and should not be used to justify cuts. This is the second charity today to suggest the figures are misleading, after SignHealth’s statement this morning. The BDA praised […]
Callum Fox: Crunch meeting with my audiologist. Will I get a new CI?
January 31, 2013
It’s that time of the year again. I’ll be making my way to Stanley Primary Care Centre in County Durham for my annual appointment with an audiologist. It’s something I go through every year, ever since I was implanted. The purpose of the visit is to make sure that there are no problems and to […]
Deaf News: SignHealth “concerned that many Deaf people have not had their main language recorded properly in census”
January 31, 2013
SignHealth, the healthcare charity for Deaf people, has said today that many Deaf people are shocked at the national census results released yesterday showing a smaller than expected Deaf population. The statistics showed around 22,000 sign language users in England and Wales, and the charity is concerned that many Deaf people will not have had […]
Is the number of signers lower than previously thought? Census records 22,000 sign language users
January 30, 2013
There has long been a debate about the number of Deaf people whose first or preferred language is sign language the UK. Depending on which organisation you ask, you might be told 50,000 (Action on Hearing Loss) 70,000 (British Deaf Association) or, according to a survey of GP patients in 2010, 100,000 in England alone. […]
Subtitle Fail: BBC show wrong subtitles on online episode of Eggheads
January 30, 2013
Our latest subtitle fail comes from regular reader Robert Mandara. He says: “You have to hand it to the BBC. Much as they let us down with their subtitling mistakes, sometimes they are hilarious.” Robert sent us these screenshots from the BBC’s Eggheads series 13, episode 102 which he watched on iPlayer. As you can […]
Deaf news in BSL from Remark: First bone conduction implant in UK | Deaf tennis player in Australian Open | Deaf prisoners
January 29, 2013
Click on the titles to go to Remark’s website, then click ‘BSL’ to watch the news in beautiful sign language! American series to air episode entirely in ASL The first time a major network has shown a programme entirely in Sign Language Prisons failing Deaf prisoners A study has found that Deaf prisoners are missing […]
Meet: Deaf health campaigner Ian Crimond – “It’s shocking that so many GPs are ignoring the Equality Act”
January 28, 2013
Deaf health campaigner Ian Crimond’s Deaf Access Research Group has recently researched health providers, GP surgeries, out-of-hours GP services and the experience of Deaf users of those services in Wales. Deaf access to GPs is a growing issue, since last week, research suggested that 28% of deaf people left their doctor unsure of their diagnosis. […]
Deaf News: The NDCS say Government “is failing deaf children” as GCSE results fall 2.4% in one year
January 25, 2013
The National Deaf Children’s Society is warning that cuts to the support deaf children need are having a devastating impact, as the achievement of deaf GCSE students has dropped for the first time since records were collected. New figures released by the Department for Education show that the number of deaf children achieving five GCSEs […]
Poem: Martyn Brown’s ‘Snow’
January 25, 2013
Snow; the modelling clay of children young and old Bringing sudden demand for coal, carrot, flat cap, scarf and pipe Snow; the great leveller, disguising the landscape Softening its edges, absorbing the sounds of nature and man Snow; the stunning beauty, pouting picture perfect A panorama of Wensleydale cheese on fruit cake footings Snow; the […]
William Mager: Billy 2.0 – Two steps forward, one back
January 24, 2013
I’ve been switched on for a month now. It’s been a really steep learning curve, and after two tuning sessions I’m starting to feel like I’m getting close to the potential of the technology itself. I can hear all sorts of stuff now, that I won’t bore you with. Hearing stuff is easy now. Identifying […]
Deaf News: The Guardian publishes correction to “politically correct” sign language story
January 23, 2013
Back in October, we reported on how the Deafness Cognition and Language Centre (DCAL) had complained about a Guardian article that they said was misleading. Now, the Guardian has finally admitted that they got it wrong, and the DCAL website says: After months of correspondence between DCAL and editors at The Guardian, the newspaper has […]
John Walker: The Belgian Twins, Euthanasia and the Myth
January 22, 2013
Mythology has a little bit of truth and not the whole truth. It comes with a hero, a victim and a villain. Just like the ‘father of history’, Herodotus, who took the stories of the soldiers in Ancient Greeco-Persia wars and turned them into grand tales of battles won and heroes fallen. But Herodotus is […]
Deaf news in BSL from Remark: US Deaf man makes ‘I Love You’ snow sculpture | Deaf man stabbed | Comic book features Deaf superheroes
January 22, 2013
Click on the titles to go to Remark’s website, then click ‘BSL’ to watch the news in beautiful sign language! Deaf man makes snow sculpture saying I love you American man makes giant ‘I love you’ sign out of snow Comic book released featuring Deaf heroes A brand new comic series has been released featuring […]
Deaf News: American series to air episode entirely in American Sign Language
January 21, 2013
We haven’t seen it over here in the UK, but in America a series starring Oscar-winning American actress Marlee Matlin and featuring a host of other continuing Deaf characters has been an award-winning hit. Switched at Birth, which airs on the channel ABC Family, is about two baby girls who are switched in the hospital […]
Angie Aspinall: The great outdoors – New adventures with Tilly the Wonderdog
January 21, 2013
When we got Tilly, our rescue dog, she’d gone from five years in a cage at a puppy farm, to a period of living on the streets of London, to seven nights in the pound on Death Row to five glorious months with her wonderful foster carers. In all that time, she’d never been outside […]
Poem: ‘Identity’ by Martyn Brown
January 18, 2013
IDENTITY For far too long I took the coward’s way The sheep that never strayed From the safety of sameness Anonymous Comforted by shadows Evading detection Making my presence unheard Stubbornly proud To suffer in silence No voice to call my own Confidence ebbing away Buried the truth Less chance of rejection An air of […]
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