May is a busy month for Inclusive Communication in Scotland. It features focused action during ‘deaf awareness week’, ‘mental health awareness week’ and is national walking month. Walking is good for Scotland’s 1 million people affected by hearing loss and…
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News, thoughts and opinion from the deafscotland team
Mental Health, Sensory Loss and Human Rights – the Transition Report calling for Sensory Literate Services
deafscotland, Deafblind Scotland, Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID), Sight Scotland and the ALLIANCE agreed in January 2021 to co-produce this report to inform and change decision making. Through our practice and experience, we recognise communication poverty is increased…
deafscotland Manifesto “Asks” for the Scottish Parliamentary election 2021
deafscotland wants Scotland’s 1 million people affected by deafness to be connected and included as active citizens in Scotland. The elections to the Scottish Parliament in May 2021 give you the opportunity to make that happen.We invite you to support…
WHO World Hearing Day – “Hearing Care For All – Screen, Rehabilitate and Communicate”
Yesterday was the WHO World Hearing Day – 03/03/2021. We sent a briefing to all the MSPs to tell them about the day and to ask them to consider how they would apply the Principles of Inclusive Communication to the…
All Our Rights In Law: Report on the conversations held with people across the four pillars of deafness
The Scottish Government’s National Taskforce on Human Rights Civil Society Reference Group is looking at the development of a new human rights law for Scotland that is informed by the views and experiences of rights-holders, particularly those whose rights are…
VIRTUAL ASSISTANT TECHNOLOGY FOR THOSE WITH HEARING LOSS AND DEMENTIA
deafscotland is pleased to announce we have received funding from Foundation Scotland to produce a toolkit to help people with hearing loss and dementia use Virtual Assistant technology. We are looking for volunteers to join our Working Group and be…
Blogs by deafscotland
The following blogs were submitted to other organisations for publication in their bulletins and magazines: SCVO Blog on 1 May “We must invest in communication for all” at http://thirdforcenews.org.uk/blogs/we-must-invest-in-communication-for-all SCVO Blog on 1 June “Head, hands, voice and ears” at http://thirdforcenews.org.uk/blogs/head-hands-voice-and-ears Scottish Legal News…
Covid-19: the Communication Virus
The following ran in The Herald on 11 May 2020 as The Opinion – from Janis McDonald. Covid-19 has had a huge impact on our society, unlike anything most of us have ever experienced. Physical distancing creates barriers beyond the…
OUR CONFERENCE TOMORROW (17 MARCH 2020) IS CANCELLED
In line with the UK Government announcement at 5pm today, it is with much regret that we need to postpone our conference that should have taken place tomorrow (17 March) in the DoubleTree by Hilton in Glasgow. We apologise for any…
Job Scheme – ITV SignPost & BSLBT – trainee scheme for Deaf Filmmakers
ITV SignPost has partnered with British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust (BSLBT) to offer a new trainee scheme aimed at getting young Deaf film-makers into the industry. Applications are now being invited from Deaf film-makers and production talent who want…