DeafComm - Communication for All

05/09/2024

One of the hardest things to do when you’re in your own home 🏡
Just get to get on with it
This sore was agony for months
I couldn’t bear to touch it
One day though it’s coming out hell or high water!
Managed rip lots of it out but just couldn’t stand the pain no more
Left a couple days heal
Then had another go at it.
My penknife hooked solid part in the sore
I pushed and lifted harder and harder and HARDER THAN I HAD done before
Something has to give sooner or later!
Either my skin going tear (no big deal) or I’m going snap my penknife blade!!
Suddenly…… PING!!
Pain easy 20/10 🤯
Looked,… WHAT THE F**K IS THAT!?!

27/09/2022

Have had a long conversation with mental health - relating to deafness this afternoon.
Just wanted to re-interate the importance of telling people who book communication support for you if you are deaf - or if you book it yourself to understand there are choices...
Not just BSL / English interpretation, but others as well, like Lipspeaking with sign for SSE.
It is really important to note that if you are asking for Sign supported English, it is NOT in the scope of the work provided by a BSL/ English interpreter, they are NOT trained for it. If a BSL/English Interpreter tells you that they can provide SSE, they are not adhering to the code of conduct of the NRCPD.
Beware, you will not be covered if you want to make a complaint about the professional, and should the professional claim to be able to do it, they are breaking their own code and should be reported to the NRCPD.
I ask everyone here who is deaf, and who are on my friends list to share this, please, we will not get a better, more inclusive service suited to our needs until we do.
Further down in the comments, I have added the list of different communication support available. Should there not be one suitable for you, then by all means please contact Signature Deaf or feel free to PM me- they need to know. The more we explain our needs, the better our future lives will be.
https://www.nrcpd.org.uk/code-of-conduct

12/09/2022

Never knew he was that way inclined ,… but ok, whatever! 😂

Anything is possible in 2022.

02/02/2022

So important to provide a personalised service. NOt all deaf people are the same with their communication needs. Lipspeaker UK also provide BSL interpretrers and STTR.

Delighted to be introducing our new preference forms for clients to let us know exactly what they need from us and their communication support. We’re dedicated to a personalised service where clients don’t have to explain their needs at every single booking!

05/11/2021

Never heard of Lipspeaking? Didn’t know qualified and professional Lipspeakers exist?

We’ve been providing them to clients for over a decade whether it be in an office, on building sites, or conferences, there’s no limit. Check out our website for info www.lipspeaker.co.uk

13/10/2021

This is for all of us - the more we can put into this questionnaire the better.
Time to expand communication support and communication skills of professionals and etc through qualification and skills.
Are you up to it?
Let's do it!

01/10/2021

Amazing celebration to Lipspeaker UK for 10 years in business.

News Legal Lite Bites – The Charge On Thursday 29th September, Language Service Professionals (LSP’s) joined Hampshire Constabulary’s Gabe Snuggs for a Q&A session about ‘The Charge’.   29/09/2021

12/05/2021

NOW something we have all been waiting for!
Well done to ALAS for this... long needed...

What is LipsLive? LipsLive™ is a unique on-demand lipspeaking service allowing deaf and hard of hearing people who lipread, instead of using British Sign Language (BSL), to contact a service through a secure platform using a button on a business website if the company has signed up to this service...

25/07/2020

More awareness about Face masks

A Bamber Bridge charity ambassador has revealed her fear that deaf and autistic people could become further isolated by the Government's "confusing" face mask policy.