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Belfast Telegraph
The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) is holding this year's Making an Impact conference in the Ramada Hotel at Shaw's Bridge, Belfast, on November 10.
The event runs from 9.30am to 4.30pm and admission is free to deaf people, professionals in the field, service providers and policy-makers.
The theme this year is Making an Impact by Promoting Social Inclusion and a number of high-profile speakers from the UK, Ireland and the USA will cover topics such as access to employment, access to education and how to get your views over to decision makers on subjects such as access to entertainment. Deaf viewers now enjoy subtitles or sign language on 90% of TV programmes while theatres and other places of public amusement lag a long way behind.
Campaigns co-ordinator Claire Mullan tells me local experts will run workshops in the hotel where deaf people can debate some of the subjects quoted above. Of particular interest will be a session featuring some of Northern Ireland's deaf professionals giving their perspective on social inclusion. Have there been any changes in society's attitude since the last Making an Impact event in 2004?
Claire says there will also be a large interactive exhibition featuring the latest in communication technology and information on other local services. For more information contact Claire Mullan at RNID on tel/text 9023 9619 or fax 9031 2032, email claire.mullan@rnid.org.uk as soon as possible.
÷WILTON House on College Square is now the NI headquarters of the RNID and celebrations are being organised later on this year to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the building with special emphasis on the memory of Francis Maginn, the man from Cork who became the first deaf superintendent and was active in Belfast around the time the Titanic was launched. His life story has been written by Dr Brian Caul and will be published shortly.
As part of the celebrations the deaf community is being asked to nominate a local deaf person for an award for outstanding achievement in three categories: 1 The Francis Maginn award for lifetime achievement - the deaf person who did a lot for the deaf community in Northern Ireland; 2 The Wilhemina Tredennick award for communication - the deaf person who has done most to improve communication between deaf and hearing people and 3 The Lesley Dickinson award for Volunteering ? the deaf person who gave a lot of own time and effort to the deaf community.
Please contact the Centenary Awards Panel at Wilton House on tel/text 9023 9619 or fax 9031 2032. Voting forms must be returned by October 30.
÷DURING a routine visit to my new dentist it was good to see him quickly remove his mask after examining my teeth before starting to explain the treatment required. Lip-reading is, of course, impossible with the mouth covered, but facial expressions are also a very important part of communication with deaf people and along with body language a necessary adjunct to sign language.
Jack Straw has been criticised for asking Muslim visitors to his surgeries to remove their veils when talking to him and it made me wonder how deaf people cope in countries where this custom is practised. The animation of the human face illuminates a conversation, and where deaf people are concerned, replaces the variation in tone hearing people enjoy from the human voice. Sign language with the face covered would not be equally effective.
The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) is holding this year's Making an Impact conference in the Ramada Hotel at Shaw's Bridge, Belfast, on November 10.
The event runs from 9.30am to 4.30pm and admission is free to deaf people, professionals in the field, service providers and policy-makers.
The theme this year is Making an Impact by Promoting Social Inclusion and a number of high-profile speakers from the UK, Ireland and the USA will cover topics such as access to employment, access to education and how to get your views over to decision makers on subjects such as access to entertainment. Deaf viewers now enjoy subtitles or sign language on 90% of TV programmes while theatres and other places of public amusement lag a long way behind.
Campaigns co-ordinator Claire Mullan tells me local experts will run workshops in the hotel where deaf people can debate some of the subjects quoted above. Of particular interest will be a session featuring some of Northern Ireland's deaf professionals giving their perspective on social inclusion. Have there been any changes in society's attitude since the last Making an Impact event in 2004?
Claire says there will also be a large interactive exhibition featuring the latest in communication technology and information on other local services. For more information contact Claire Mullan at RNID on tel/text 9023 9619 or fax 9031 2032, email claire.mullan@rnid.org.uk as soon as possible.
÷WILTON House on College Square is now the NI headquarters of the RNID and celebrations are being organised later on this year to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the building with special emphasis on the memory of Francis Maginn, the man from Cork who became the first deaf superintendent and was active in Belfast around the time the Titanic was launched. His life story has been written by Dr Brian Caul and will be published shortly.
As part of the celebrations the deaf community is being asked to nominate a local deaf person for an award for outstanding achievement in three categories: 1 The Francis Maginn award for lifetime achievement - the deaf person who did a lot for the deaf community in Northern Ireland; 2 The Wilhemina Tredennick award for communication - the deaf person who has done most to improve communication between deaf and hearing people and 3 The Lesley Dickinson award for Volunteering ? the deaf person who gave a lot of own time and effort to the deaf community.
Please contact the Centenary Awards Panel at Wilton House on tel/text 9023 9619 or fax 9031 2032. Voting forms must be returned by October 30.
÷DURING a routine visit to my new dentist it was good to see him quickly remove his mask after examining my teeth before starting to explain the treatment required. Lip-reading is, of course, impossible with the mouth covered, but facial expressions are also a very important part of communication with deaf people and along with body language a necessary adjunct to sign language.
Jack Straw has been criticised for asking Muslim visitors to his surgeries to remove their veils when talking to him and it made me wonder how deaf people cope in countries where this custom is practised. The animation of the human face illuminates a conversation, and where deaf people are concerned, replaces the variation in tone hearing people enjoy from the human voice. Sign language with the face covered would not be equally effective.
