📢 New #ScopingReview by INforMHAA team reviews literature on how interpreter mediation supports or impedes a person’s legal rights and best interests in interpreter-mediated statutory mental health assessments. Available open access👇🏽 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/27…

Want to read a summary of my PhD in one page? Here is an image. For a full version, please visit etheses.dur.ac.uk/15205/

We are excited to announce that the Goose’s Quizzes quiz at The Royal Dick pub, with Heriot-Watt Social Sciences Heriot Watt CTISS BSL/English interpreting students, is returning this Monday, October 7th! Please note that we will be starting at a slightly later time than usual—8 PM.

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BSL Corpus is a publicly accessible collection of video clips showing Deaf people using BSL. Explore this valuable resource, which includes background info about the signers and supports BSL research, education, and interpreter training. Learn more: bslcorpusproject.org

Stuart Harrison: Addressing the Gaps: Inclusion of Deaf Young People in Talent Identification Pathways (BSL) limpingchicken.com/2024/10/09/stu…

If you work in deaf education, sign language research, deaf studies or related fields please do consider submitting a paper. Please note the deadline is 30 October 2024

In Empowering Allyship: The Future of the Profession, Philip Gerrard of Deaf Action looks back on 40 years of SLI in the UK and poses the question: is now the time to consider a single body to replace the multiple professional bodies? #ASLIConference2024 #ReframeResetRefresh

This is unfortunately very common and only a glimpse into a deaf child’s educational experience

Great to be ASLI conference in Blackpool. Had the opportunity to float a framework I am exploring “Procedural Interpreting”… more work needed but I see real potential. I also loved how the entire conference was in BSL 🙌 about time!

Cambridgeshire Deaf CASTING: Looking in the UK for a young Deaf girl to play a key role in a BBC Feature film. All info on image flyer + BSL video flyer below. Please share far and wide. Thank you!

.Financial Times reports about the need for representation and leadership of disabled people in technology design - featuring our recent paper on deaf leadership in sign language AI research. on.ft.com/4feetCt

We want more peaceful streets, and cycle lanes can make that happen

Still a few places left in this online workshop for deaf men. Please register to join eventbrite.co.uk/e/deaf-men-and…

In memory of Brian Nottage, Matthew Wheeler is taking on a white collar boxing challenge. Here he explains why he's stepping into the ring and talks about why he wants to use the fight to raise money for CDA. You can donate here justgiving.com/page/matthew-w… and get tickets for the

This Trustees' Week, we want to extend a heartfelt thank you to our Board of Trustees 🙌 We're grateful for your commitment and for sharing our vision of inclusive communities for deaf people. Thank you for being an integral part of our journey ❤️ #TrusteesWeek

Here's an update from us on our Language Comprehension in Deaf Children project. Please do get in touch with us if you want to know more about the project.

I am moving to where the sky is Blue! No more X. Come join me… bsky.app/profile/robert…

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🚨 The Scottish Government plans to shut down ContactScotland-BSL on 31 March 2025! We need your support! 🤝 Join us at the Scottish Parliament tomorrow, 19 December, for First Minister’s Questions. Watch the video for details & share! 🚨 #SaveContactScotlandBSL Contact Scotland BSL