If your organisation is working towards principles such as inclusion and diversity, deaf employees can enhance your organisation’s offer to the public. The only limitation to any deaf person is the limit you place on a potential employee due to your own ideas about deafness (also known as unconscious bias). Each person manages their hearing […]
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Tips to help create a positive work environment for deaf/hard of hearing employees at meetings, training and generally at work: Tips to help create a positive work environment for deaf/hard of hearing employees atmeetings, training and generally at work Before the Meeting: · Consider the layout of the room (i.e. circular seating) in order to
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After reading the Limping Chicken blog on cinema subtitles and seeing one of our community members experience difficulties at the cinema, we thought we would add our views on the subject. Subtitles are more than ‘a deaf issue’. By limiting access to films, deaf and hard of hearing customers, their families and friends are also affected. There are other
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Make sure that background noise is at a minimum. Make sure you have the person’s attention and they are looking at you when you speak Always look at the face of the person you are speaking to – don’t turn away/ look down when speaking Ideally, be between 3-6 feet in front of the person
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Never worked with a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter before? Here is our top ten list of handy tips and actions you can take so you can work with a BSL interpreter confidently. When two parties use different languages, language professionals are used to facilitating communication. Contrary to popular belief, communication is not a given.
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Local Deaf history is just as important as national deaf history. Milton Keynes deaf history is slightly different to other towns and cities in that Milton Keynes is a ‘new town’ (and now officially a city) so the roots of the deaf community stem from people coming together from across the UK to form a
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Fingerspelling is usually one of the first (and easiest) skills you learn in sign language (BSL). If you are about to start a BSL course, you can get a head start by downloading one of our BSL printable resources – our free fingerspelling chart. You can download a right-hand version, left-hand version or both! BSL
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Milton Keynes Gallery requested our advice regarding the extension to the building. MK Gallery wanted to improve the accessibility and inclusion of deaf and hard of hearing visitors to the building. Below is an outline of the advice and information that we gave to support MK Gallery’s accessibility and inclusion process. Deafness and hearing loss
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We answer some of the most frequently asked questions about sign language: 1. What is BSL? British Sign Language (BSL) is the official sign language used in the UK. It is a visual-gestural language used mainly by people who are profoundly deaf or have severe hearing loss. There are no confirmed figures for the number
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Accessible Deaf health information is important to keeping the Deaf Community well. We have listed a number of websites that you can use to access interpreters or to find more information about health conditions. BSL Health Access NHS 111 Sign Health Sign Health-Psychotherapy Healthy Eating Diabetes Dementia Healthy Heart Keeping Fit NHS 111 (BSL): You
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