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Paul Michaels

@drpaulam.bsky.social

Work: Interpreter, researcher, supervisor & assessor. Researcher (Phd) interests: Sign Language, Sign Language Interpreting, Gender & Work, Supervision, Deaf LGBT+

127 Followers  |  168 Following  |  11 Posts  |  Joined: 18.11.2024  |  1.767

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Journal article: 'Physiotherapists’ perceptions regarding the challenges faced by patients with deafness in accessing rehabilitative care in South Africa.' tinyurl.com/37b8bamf

14.10.2025 14:22 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

'Interpreting for deaf children in health care settings: An exploration of challenges and strategies' - a new publication by two UK colleagues, Naomi Cherubin and Rachel Mapson. goo.gl/scholar/ardbtp

06.10.2025 01:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Day 2 of SLCVC at University of Birmingham.

22.08.2025 07:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Now time for the interesting posters at SLCVC.

21.08.2025 15:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Happy to be at #SLCVC at the University of Birmingham and presenting with Abigail Gorman.

21.08.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Earlier this year I had the honour of being asked to be on the β€˜Interpreters Workshop’ podcast hosted by Tim Curry. You can listen to the episodes (IW147 - 150) on the website (interpretersworkshop.com/podcast) or through Spotify (open.spotify.com/playlist/6j5...).

12.08.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Great weekend in Paris attending @eflsi training on IS at INJS.

23.03.2025 18:49 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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For all the sociologists out there…

21.03.2025 16:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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SLCVC2025 Conference

Deadlines for abstracts for the first ever Sign Language Contact, Variation and Change conference at @unibirmingham.bsky.social is 30 March!

sites.google.com/view/slcvc-w...

13.03.2025 10:16 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Living in Thailand I can use Google Translate between Thai and English. When it comes to Thai Sign Language, I have to rely on IS. Thankfully I am doing the @efsli IS training!

13.02.2025 06:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Excited to virtually share my poster with everyone at #TISLR15

16.01.2025 07:18 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Presented (remotely) at #TISLR15 on how to find continuer backchannels in Swedish Sign Language corpus data from distributional patterns.

Slides are available at borstell.github.io/presentation... but for the full picture, please the published paper in the quoted post:

bsky.app/profile/cbor...

16.01.2025 12:32 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Where Can I Sign My Language?: A Systematic Literature Review (2000–2019) of Young People's Access to Sign Language Socialisation Spaces in the Nordic Countries | Disability Studies Quarterl...

New article is out! What's the right to learn sign language and a right to education in sign language worth, if you don't have the right to access or interact with other people who speak the same language? (with Johan Hjulstad, Ingjerd L. Ødemark and Patrick Kermit) doi.org/10.18061/dsq...

16.12.2024 09:15 β€” πŸ‘ 50    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

I've only just gone and created an Interpreting Starter Pack. Here's hoping it will grow.
#1nt
bsky.app/starter-pack...

26.11.2024 10:31 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Conferencia Regional de Traductores, IntΓ©rpretes y GuΓ­a IntΓ©rpretes 2025 | waslilac2025 Conferencia Regional de Traductores, IntΓ©rpretes y GuΓ­a IntΓ©rpretes 2025

1° CONFERENCIA LATINOAMERICANA Y CARIBEÑA DE TRADUCTORES, INTÉRPRETES Y
GUÍAS INTΓ‰RPRETES DE LENGUAS DE SEΓ‘AS
BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA 2025 waslilac2025.ar

26.11.2024 17:46 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our previous @justisigns2 project led to recommendations for specific funded services to support violence against deaf women and girls: www.gov.scot/binaries/con...

BSL version of the report: youtu.be/QSQgj0e1LUE?...

28.11.2024 18:16 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Welcome

SignHealth are looking for a new Chief Executive: www.signhealth-ceo.co.uk

22.11.2024 14:20 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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RIT/NTID’s Certificate in International Sign Interpreting launches Feb 2025! 🌍 Open to Deaf & hearing interpreters.

REMINDER: Applications close 30 Nov 2024!

Learn more: www.rit.edu/ntid/aslie/c...

19.11.2024 06:22 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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New to BlueSky. 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/

18.11.2024 20:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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