Citizenseye » Deaf Awareness Week http://www.citizenseye.org Reporting by the people Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:41:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 en deafZINE - getting the deaf heard http://www.citizenseye.org/2008/07/05/deafzine-getting-the-deaf-heard/ http://www.citizenseye.org/2008/07/05/deafzine-getting-the-deaf-heard/#comments Sat, 05 Jul 2008 15:26:28 +0000 Contributor http://www.citizenseye.org/2008/07/05/deafzine-getting-the-deaf-heard/ Editor: I recently met with Jackie Perkins, Editor of the deafZINE to find out about the deaf-leicester website and their fantastic magazine.

Jackie said: “We at deaf-leicester started deafZINE – the community magazine created FOR the deaf, BY the deaf! because of the feedback we received from our readers, when the deaf-leicester website was launched.

We discovered that the majority of the deaf community had little or no I.T. access, which meant our website was inaccessible to them, so we created a newsletter as well.”

Why don’t you check out their great website below and read the latest edition of deafZINE.

I’ve set myself the challenge of learning the British Sign Language (BSL) A to Z and something tell’s me that Jackie will definately be testing me the next time we meet!

deaf-leicester website

deafZINE magazine pdf

Your input will make a difference to deaf-leicester….

SMS 07866369118
Fax 0116 224 0329
Email editor@deaf-leicester.co.uk

]]> http://www.citizenseye.org/2008/07/05/deafzine-getting-the-deaf-heard/feed/ Deaf Awareness Week 5th - 11th May - events http://www.citizenseye.org/2008/05/06/deaf-awareness-week-5th-11th-may-events/ http://www.citizenseye.org/2008/05/06/deaf-awareness-week-5th-11th-may-events/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 15:34:38 +0000 Contributor http://www.citizenseye.org/2008/05/06/deaf-awareness-week-5th-11th-may-events/ 5th - 11th May 2008 is Deaf Awareness Week, and Action Deafness is holding a series of FREE events across the county to raise awareness and promote social inclusion.

Click here for Action Deafness Events

]]> http://www.citizenseye.org/2008/05/06/deaf-awareness-week-5th-11th-may-events/feed/ Action Deafness - independence, equality & opportunity http://www.citizenseye.org/2008/03/23/action-deafness-independence-equality-opportunity/ http://www.citizenseye.org/2008/03/23/action-deafness-independence-equality-opportunity/#comments Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:05:08 +0000 Contributor http://www.citizenseye.org/2008/03/23/action-deafness-independence-equality-opportunity/ Action Deafness aims to improve quality of life by promoting independence and equality of opportunity for Deaf, Deafened, Deafblind and Hard of Hearing people.

Deafness affects approximately one in seven of the British population. Of these people 8.3 million are hard of hearing, 123,000 are deafened, 70,000 are profoundly deaf and approximately 24,000 are deafblind.

Action Deafness offers a range of services to promote independence, equality and opportunity among these communities.

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