Normative conceptions of language rights are based on negative rights (governments should not interfere) and tolerance-oriented rights (the right to use one's language in a private sphere). Normative conceptions of linguistic justice are inadequate for sign language rights.

Great opportunity for paid summer internship DCAL ....

UCC becomes the first university in the world to secure five Green Flags

UCC’s sector leading Green Campus programme has transformed our university and placed sustainability at the heart of everything we do.

bit.ly/UCCGF24 Foundation for Environmental Education

Come join us for a CODA children's Graffiti Workshop. Saturday 4th May 10am - 4pm in Birmingham. Register at codaukireland.co.uk

🤟🏻The Daily Moth Xerox Canada/CASSA criticized for award — The Daily Moth dailymoth.com/blog/xerox-can…

“I Could Never Go Vegan” premier Q&A last night. Thank you to everyone who attended! icouldnevergovegan.co.uk

We were delighted to attend the launch today of Breaking Barriers: The Lived Experiences of Employment Discrimination Among Deaf People in Ireland. Irish Deaf Society irishdeafsociety.ie/publications/b…

Irish Deaf Society have launched their groundbreaking report 'Breaking Barriers – The Lived Experiences of Employment Discrimination among Deaf People in Ireland'

ISL and full report on the IDS website 👉irishdeafsociety.ie/publications/b…

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Commission Member Kathleen Lynch, speaking at the Irish Deaf Society report launch today said 'What this report shows is that legislation is not enough. We need a major cultural shift in recognition of ISL as a native language'

Want a 40% discount on the forthcoming MobileDeaf book? 👇

Do not forget to apply for our Ph.D. student position on sign language linguistics before April 15.

Research article: 'Sign language ideologies and deaf interpreters in Canada' by Kristin Snoddon Kristin Snoddon doi.org/10.1177/275238… Prof. Binhua Wang, Leeds Fei Gao Beijing Foreign Studies University Sage Journals Sage

Want to reduce your risk of type 2 diabetes? Stop eating red meat and eat beans instead. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38044023/

Hello! I’m Dr Fiona Kyle & Kate Rowley we are based at DCAL along with Kathryn Mason (post doc researcher). Our team includes Prof Ros Herman & Nikki Botting from City, University of London & we have an exciting announcement to share! We recently got a large grant to look at reading development

Deeply honoured to be asked to deliver the Francis Maginn Inaugural Lecture today at Queen’s University, Belfast! Hope I can match his strong enthusiasm 4 community activism in my paper! My title is ‘No Sign of It: The Aftermaths of the ISL Act 2017.’ Cheeky pun? Centre for Deaf Studies

If you want to know more about Francis Maginn, you can check this link: historyireland.com/deaf-liberator…

Do I know any deaf people who have skill in video editing? Some work available. Let me or tigerbeesteve (he/him) know if interested!

This article is open access until Sunday, March 24, so read it while you still can!

Happy St. Patrick's Day! To celebrate, we’re making the #AAD article, “Girl In the Looking Glass: A Historical Study of the Life of a Deaf Teacher in 19th-century Ireland” by Noel O'Connell, PhD, open access for a week!

Read it on @ProjectMuse: muse.jhu.edu/pub/18/article…