Over the last 20 years, the language of disability has changed so it is no longer acceptable to use certain terms or words in a derogatory way. So why do we accept the word “deaf” being used to describe people…
Category: deafscotland publications
Mental Health and Deafness in Scotland: Exploring the Data
Andrena McMenemy, Queen Margaret University and DataFakts wrote this report which looks at the effects of social isolation on the mental health of people affected by deafness across Scotland. The report raises issues of mental health and well-being as we…
The importance of accurate data
Last year, we launched a report – “Deafness: Predicting the future for Scotland-The Census and Beyond” – on why the Census is so important to gather meaningful data on people affected by deafness living in Scotland. Covid-19 took the focus…
deafscotland May News
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…
Third Covid-19 Report
The third Covid-19 Report: The move back to ordinary is now written. We have also produced a plain language summary which is being translated into BSL. The BSL summary will be available here soon
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…
Walking Project Survey
We got a grant from Paths for All to provide inclusive information on walking safely in Scotland. We need to start the evaluation process with a baseline survey. If you have a hearing loss, please help us by completing the…
A big thank you for everyone who has donated to deafscotland
We would like to say Thank you to everyone who has donated to us using Virgin Money Giving, the Charity Aid Foundation or by direct debit/cheque. We use this money to keep our website going. To produce our monthly newsletter.…
Kathy Li – General input of designing
In March 2020, deafscotland was to host its Annual Conference – Connect and Capitalise. The theme was ‘Right Design for Communication’. The conference had to be cancelled due to the first lockdown for the Covid-19 pandemic. Kathy Li was to…
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…
Covid-19 Support messages
Use the images below to aid communication during the Covid-19 pandemic. Right click an image to download it. Portrait Landscape
SELF-MANAGEMENT INFORMATION
Paid for by a grant from The ALLIANCE’s Self-Management Fund deafscotland, working in partnership with Deaf Links, has produced information films for deaf people about Self-Management and what it means. The report Safety First…Keeping people safe with Communication for All which contains the baseline survey results…
SAFETY VIDEOS
We have produced a number of videos on cyber-crime, disability hate crime and domestic abuse. These videos are fully accessible. The “I Am Me” website has a number of resources to support organisations and individuals to keep safe. For more…
RESLIENCE AND SAFETY
We have produced a number of videos on cyber-crime, disability hate crime and domestic abuse. These videos are fully accessible. Videos with information for adults: General scams – Child protection – Romance fraud – I Am Me Police Scotland – …
HUMAN RIGHTS BRIEFINGS
deafscotland has produced a number of Human Rights briefings. deafscotland made a Submission to the UK Parliament’s Joint Committee on Human Rights: Inquiry on the ‘UK Government’s COVID-19 Response’. WORD PDF deafscotland wrote a letter to the Scottish Parliament’s Equality and Human Rights Committee asking if the…
Deafness and Dementia
A new deafscotland study highlights parallels between the social isolation of lockdown and the social isolation experienced by people living with hearing loss and dementia. The link between dementia and hearing loss has been well established and it has been…
Cycling Safety for Deaf People
deafscotland, with funding from Paths For All and support from Cycling Scotland made two films with the Scottish Deaf Cycling Club on cycling safely if you are deaf. We also made a film about Cycling Scotland’s top 10 tips for cycling…
Annual report 2020
Communication For All has been our major campaign in 2019/20. Our focus has been on making communication and language inclusive and accessible to everyone through our activities. To spread the word and create support for this message, we’ve developed partnerships…
Covid-19: The Road to Recovery
Report written byMandy ReidDevelopment Officer, deafscotland The lockdown for the Covid-19 pandemic is now easing, but the level of barriers people affected by deafness in Scotland face on a day-to-day basis have not. deafscotland understands that population safety is the…
Safety First Report
deafscotland received funding from a number of sources to produce accessible information on a number of subjects that people, including deaf people, should know about. Part of each funding package was set aside to gather some social research: baseline data…
ANNUAL ACCOUNTS 2019/2020
Covid-19: The Communication Virus
Report written byMandy Reid, Development Officer, deafscotland The lockdown for the Covid-19 pandemic has increased the level of barriers people affected by deafness in Scotland face on a day-to-day basis. deafscotland understands that population safety is the number one priority…
Evaluation of the deafscotland BSL Project
Part of the BSL (Scotland) Act 2015 Partnership deafscotland is the user led, membership organisation for the deaf sector in Scotland. As such it takes a person-centred, rights-based approach to all its work and recognises the importance of monitoring and…
Annual report 2019
Communication for all Communication is one of the key challenges faced by those affected by deafness. Our focus is on making communication and language accessible for everyone. To achieve this, we have focused our activities to reflect ‘Communication for All’.…
Mental Health Summit Report
Thursday 10 October 2019 The first Connect Us Too Summit took place at the Scottish Sensory Centre in the University of Edinburgh. The event was chaired by Nigel Henderson, the Chief Executive of Penumbra, which is a large mental health…
The First National BSL Summit
The First National BSL Summit in Scotland took place on Monday 23 September 2019 in Glasgow The summit was held on the UN International Day of Sign Languages 2019, which had the theme “Sign Language Rights for All!”. This fits…
Annual report 2018
Beyond 90 years The Scottish Council on Deafness celebrated its 90th birthday in 2017. This milestone sparked conversation about our place and function in Scotland. Society looks very different now to what it did 90 years ago: it was time…