Our first residential Self Management Programme (SMP) took place in Glasgow recently (2nd-4th September). In a change to our recent SMPs, which typically take place one day a month for three consecutive months, this course was held over one weekend. Thank you to everyone – and Ginger the hearing dog – who attended. A huge thanks also to our wonderful volunteers who led […]
The Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT) has a monthly film club ‘Visible Cinema’ deaf and hard of hearing audiences. Visitors can enjoy captioned or subtitled screenings followed by a post-film discussion enhanced by Speech-to-Text service and BSL. It recently launched a new Facebook page where visitors can keep tabs on future screenings, news and other events. […]
Inclusion Scotland is gathering views from D/deaf and disabled people in a new survey. ‘Your Rights, Your Future Survey 2016’ aims to find out the experiences of human rights in relation to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Disabled People (UNCRDP). The full list of rights can be accessed here. The survey aims to […]
The Association of Lipreading to Adults (ATLA) has announced free taster sessions for Lipreading Awareness Week next month. Sessions will be held in Dundee, Hertfordshire, London, Cornwall, Ayrshire, Bath, Exeter and Buckinghamshire. Head over to the ATLA website for further details of when these will take place. Lipreading Awareness Week takes place from 12th-16th September. […]
People with sensory loss in Aberdeen are invited to share their views on a multi-sensory project that explores sounds and vibrations. Composer Colin Riley and Sound Technologist Carl Faia are working with bass clarinettist Gareth Davis on a project called Made to Resonate (M2R). They will showcase their work during ‘Techfest’ – Aberdeen and North East Scotland’s Festival of Science, […]
The Scottish Legal Aid Board (SLAB) wants people with a hearing to share their experiences of accessing legal services for civil matters. It is working with the British Deaf Association Scotland (BDA) www.bda.org.uk, the Scottish Council on Deafness (SCoD) www.scod.org.uk and the Deaf Sector Partnership http://deafsectorpartnership.net/ to carry out a short survey. Civil legal matters include divorce or separation, buying a house […]
