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From jellyfish to basking shark, we’re developing 100 new signs to deepen deaf people’s connection with the ocean

From jellyfish to basking shark, we’re developing 100 new signs to deepen deaf people’s connection with the ocean: New British sign language terms will cover marine creatures like this jellyfish. JDScuba/Shutterstock For deaf people including schoolchildren, teachers and scientists, talking about marine species like the shortfin mako shark, loggerhead turtle and tiny phytoplankton usually means …

Deaf and hard-of-hearing students need more support from their universities – South Africa study

Deaf and hard-of-hearing students need more support from their universities – South Africa study: Students who are Deaf or hard of hearing may feel isolated. Jorge Elizaquibel Adjusting to university life tends to be tough no matter who you are. But what happens when deafness makes the usual demands even more difficult? Deaf students or …

Empowering Deaf youth for a future of employment and success: iSchoolAfrica’s inaugural Deaf Developers Programme

Empowering Deaf youth for a future of employment and success: iSchoolAfrica’s inaugural Deaf Developers Programme: Creating Inclusive Workplaces and Fostering Tech Talent for a Diverse Future Johannesburg, November 2023 – As this year draws to a close, the 2023 cohort of eight from the iSchoolAfrica Deaf Developers Programme have graduated. This programme emerges as a …

Sign language is now official in South Africa – how this will help education in schools for the Deaf

Sign language is now official in South Africa – how this will help education in schools for the Deaf: Universities have a role to play in equipping future teachers of the Deaf by teaching sign language. Wits University South African Sign Language is set to become the country’s 12th official language. Parliament approved a constitutional …

Love Island’s Tasha is the show’s first deaf contestant – here’s what you should know about deaf accents

Love Island’s Tasha is the show’s first deaf contestant – here’s what you should know about deaf accents: Tasha Ghouri is the first deaf Islander on the popular ITV show. ITV / Lifted Entertainment I sat down to watch the first episode of this year’s Love Island with my daughter as I was told that …

The genocide of signed languages: protecting the linguistic rights of Africa’s deaf children

The genocide of signed languages: protecting the linguistic rights of Africa’s deaf children: Deaf students learning sign language at a special school Leisa Tyler/LightRocket via Getty Images Deaf rights to language, expression, literacy and education have been marginalised throughout history. And signed languages have taken second place to spoken languages. The 1880 Milan Convention, for …

Why deaf prisoners have been in a state of lockdown since well before COVID-19

Why deaf prisoners have been in a state of lockdown since well before COVID-19: The pandemic has worsened already dire conditions for prisoners since the UK Prison Service locked down the prison estate last year. Following drastic changes to the regime, most imprisoned people have since spent between 22 and 23 hours in their cells …

We created a new form of PPE to restart surgery for deaf children during coronavirus

We created a new form of PPE to restart surgery for deaf children during coronavirus: Douglas Hartley, Author provided When the coronavirus pandemic first hit the UK, thousands of surgical procedures were put on hold. For a surgeon like me who performs operations on deaf children to restore their hearing, this created a significant moral …

Let me tell you how frustrating this pandemic has been for deaf people

Let me tell you how frustrating this pandemic has been for deaf people: It would be a brave person who tried to argue that the UK government, over the past several years, hadn’t shown a kind of systemic ableism in its attitudes towards and policies dealing with disabled people. This ableism is reflected in wider …

SA Deaf Rugby stands with Black Lives Matter

South Africa in the news: SA Deaf Rugby stands with Black Lives Matter: It’s an affirmation to those who need to know it right now. In South Africa, our needs and challenges are different to those in America, but the answers to how we should respond lie in the same place: …: “South Africa” – …

iSchoolAfrica launches programme to teach deaf girls to code

iSchoolAfrica launches programme to teach deaf girls to code: Deaf girls to learn Apple’s coding language Swift – used in over 250,000 apps on the Apple App Store 8 August 2018 – SANDTON – iSchoolAfrica, an education initiative that reaches schools across South Africa in rural and township settings, is proud to announce that it …

How access to health care for deaf people can be improved in Kenya

How access to health care for deaf people can be improved in Kenya: Kenyan Sign Language bridges the communication gap between the deaf and hearing. Reuters/Andres Martinez Casares Junie* wakes up early in the morning. She’s ill and preparing for a doctor’s visit in one of the public hospitals. When she arrives at 6.30am it’s …

Second Sunday Culture Film Series: Deaf Culture Program– “Making Noise in Silence”

Second Sunday Culture Film Series: Deaf Culture Program– “Making Noise in Silence” – a Culture interest event taking place on 2017-02-12 14:00:00 in United States What are hearing people missing by not being able to sign with deaf people? What parts of deaf culture are hard to translate? What is an accent in American Sign …