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‘1 in 6’ posters created by City College Norwich Student
Photography student’s thought-provoking poster campaign for Deaf Awareness Week Karolina Michalik, a photography student at City College Norwich, has used her camera and editing skills to produce a series of thought-provoking posters that will be exhibited in the college during Deaf Awareness Week (6th – 12th May, 2019). Twenty-year-old Karolina, from Watton, has titled the […]
Read MoreCity College Norwich create Sign Language Glossary
Press Release Sign language glossary to help promote deaf awareness at City College Norwich More than 50 staff at City College Norwich have collaborated to create a British Sign Language (BSL) awareness glossary which will be launched at the college during Deaf Awareness Week (6th – 12th May 2019). Over 250 signs have been individually […]
Read MoreNHS 111 Lisa’s Story
Celebrating Role Models in Health For the first time ever, Lisa was able to phone NHS 111 in her own language. She was able to ask for medical advice without any communication barriers, making it a smooth and stress free experience. See Lisa’s story below.
Read MoreNHS 111 Collette’s Story
Celebrating Role Models in Health When Colette’s three year old son had a nasty fall, she needed medical advice quickly. Colette has always had to rely on unqualified friends and family to interpret for her, but using InterpreterNow to call NHS 111 gave her the independence to seek professional help. See Colette’s story below.
Read MoreDeaf Awareness Week
Today UCL are celebrating today’s Deaf Awareness Week Theme ‘Health’ UCL Deafness Cognition and Language (DCAL) Research Centre (www.dcal.ucl.ac.uk ) has launched a new suite of online short Deaf Awareness courses designed for Health Professionals (audiologists, doctors, nurses, professions associated with health and administrative staff). Watch a video clip from the course In this sample clip from […]
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Today Action Deafness are celebrating Deaf Awareness Week! PROUD OF OUR ROLE MODELS AT ACTION DEAFNESS! As Deaf led national charity, Action Deafness has always embraced the Deaf Gain ethos, Action Centred Leadership (ACL) approaches as well as promoting opportunities for aspiring and inspiring Deaf people not only in specialist communications interpreting, community support or […]
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Celebrating Role Models in Health Today InterpreterNow are celebrating Deaf Awareness Week with some important advice. NHS 111 can give you medical advice when it’s less urgent then 999. But as a deaf person how can you access this? InterpreterNow has the answer ….. NHS 111 Video Relay Service Info [pdf] or watch our video all […]
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Today SignHealth are celebrating Role Model’s during Deaf Awareness week – see today’s Vlog from Dr Emma Ferguson-Coleman, Trustee of SignHealth Video Transcript Hello, my name is Dr Emma Ferguson-Coleman. I work at the University of Manchester where I carry out research with deaf people who have dementia and their families. I’ve worked at the […]
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Celebrating Role Models in Health Today SignHealth are celebrating Frank’s Story My name is Frank Essery and I am the Senior Advocate for SignHealth. I am a qualified Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA), Independent Mental Capacity Advocate (IMCA) and Generic Advocate. I have worked for SignHealth since 2003 during which time I have gathered […]
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