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Designated BSL/ENG #interpreting post

Does your device change your regional slang into something completely different?

Tried to type #bampot & had it auto-corrected to "vampire".

Perhaps it's a #Scottish #RegionalSlang #WordOfTheDay somewhere 😂

#MaidenMotherMage
📍 #CulrossAbbey #Fife
🗓️ Saturday 19th July 2025
⏰ 2pm & 7pm (#BSL access x2)

🎟️ £7 / £10 / £15 www.eventbrite.com/e/maiden-mot...

✍🏻🎭Writer/Director: @rebeccasharp.bsky.social

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👩🏼Taylor Dyson
👵Fletcher Mathers
🎼 Alex South
🎨 Frances Law
👗Jessica Brettle

Does anyone have a BSL sign for ' #Fakaleitī ' please ? Or...is/are there one(s) from #TonganSignLanguage that can be respectfully borrowed ?

Petition: Make the arts part of UK National Renewal | Campaign for the Arts The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. The arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them.

"🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp... "

Sometimes I worry clients think I've forgotten about them when I'm working on multiple projects, simultaneously - in order to meet all the different deadlines.

Does this feeling ever leave? Question for the #Freelancers

Thank you to those
Who strive for the good
For peers, For community
And for our professionhood

From one to another
I want you to know
It does not go unnoticed
The standards we uphold

#NationalInterpreterAppreciationDay I wrote this #poem #poyum for us all.

Twenty-twenty-five
Seventh of May
National #Interpreter
Appreciation Day

Thank you to those
Who took all they knew
Put them into lessons
And dilemma run-throughs

Thank you to those
With the battles silently fought
So that those after
Won’t be without support

There are 3000+ shows in the #edfringe, but no way to find those led by women and people of marginalised genders in the website or print programme. Enter: the #FemiFringe Guide! Register your show by Saturday 31 May to be included in our 4th edition. bit.ly/FemiFringe

#BeyondSilence #DeafAwarenessWeek 5th - 11th May 2025 #DAW2025 bda.org.uk/deaf-awarene... via @bda.org.uk

How can your museum better welcome families and young people who are D/deaf or hard of hearing?

It's #DeafAwarenessWeek!

At Kids in Museums, we believe museums are for everyone. But many families and young people who are D/deaf or hard of hearing can find visiting museums difficult.

Our resource is full of practical tips to welcome more D/deaf people:

Schools’ BSL Poet Laureate The Schools' BSL Poet Laureate Toolkit is a free resource to help schools run their own British Sign Language (BSL) poetry competitions.

In celebration of National BSL Day, we’re proud to launch the Schools BSL Poet Laureate Toolkit! A FREE resource to help schools celebrate creativity and culture through their own BSL Poet Laureate competitions. Download now: bda.org.uk/schools-poet... #SchoolsBSLPoetLaureate #NationalBSLDay

YouTube video by RSC Chemical Education Research Group Dr Audrey Cameron: Teaching Deaf Children Chemistry

Recording of @aud2526.bsky.social presentation "Signing to Know: Unlocking chemistry concepts" from symposium in her honour last week is now on @cerg.bsky.social YouTube channel. Thanks to Dr Helen Pain for her warm introduction to Audrey and the symposium youtu.be/9cWN4oD39kw

My very first sign name was BOOK which seems to have frozen in time - I have very fond memories of the Deaf person who'd gifted me that sign name & I know it remains her sign name for me. I didn't know then that it would keep our story connected.

My sign name is written in Raymond's notation form (ASL L on dominant hand raised repeatedly into the air) underneath the illustration of their sign name.

The sign name was received during university for my frequency in raising my hand to ask questions.

Deaf poet, Raymond Antrobus explains their sign name in BSL - an illustration is provided on the middle of the page. Text reads "My Sign Name is the BSL letter R (place trigger finger on dominant hand in shape of a hook, then place finger on palm of non-dominant hand, then lift dominant hand up over head, then open all fingers out in the BSL word for light, shower, sunrays)." This is followed by "The body houses countless feelings that can't address their own names." Towards the bottom of the page is the poet's autograph & my sign name in Raymond's notation form.

Re-reading 'Signs, Music' by #RaymondAntrobus on the last day of #NationalPoetryMonth I didn't understand the appeal of signed (poet's signature) books, until I did.

"The body houses countless feelings that can't address their own names."

We are currently seeking applications for the role of Race Equality Officer to work with us at @tcddublin.bsky.social in our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Office.

Deadline for applications is 9 May 2025.

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"To become a grandmaster is to rise to the level of an advanced beginner." #MauriceAshley

#BookSky #BookQuote #MoveByMove

An experienced professional once said to me to stop asking for feedback/advice as they felt that it made me look incompetent when I'm highly skilled.

So I stopped.

Their suggestion came from a good place AND it didn't feel right (for me). #LifelongLearner

There's no such thing as a self-made man or woman. No one succeeds without support.

"I did it on my own" is a sign of insecurity and entitlement. Acknowledging help is a mark of confidence and humility.

Giving credit to others doesn't undermine you. It elevates them.

"She’s #autistic but you wouldn’t know if she didn’t tell you."

"See us for our colours, not what you think is our darkness."

#AutismAcceptanceDay #WorldAutismAwarenessDay #Neurodiversity

Taking part in #NaPoWriMo #NaPoWriMo2025 & by the third entry using local prompts, realise my contributions read more akin to pages from #TheBookOfShadows

#Charmed #HalliwellSisters

"...innovative interdisciplinary thinker...emotional intelligence, intuition, and infectious energy make me a good leader...tendency to become intensely absorbed in interesting activities...a resilience that now keeps me committed to achieving my goals." #ADHD #AuDHD #Neurodiversity

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N̶o̶b̶l̶e̶ Basic human decency

"Enhanced understanding of the impact of #DomesticAbuse on children and mothers in #deaf families will enable project partners to identify..." #BSL video via #SignLOUD - Prof. Jemina Napier, Dr Claire Houghton, Lucy Clark & Tasnim Ahmed. #LanguageBarriers in #DomesticViolence #Trauma #Survivor

BDA Statement on the Proposed Cuts to Disability Benefits and Access to Work The British Deaf Association is deeply alarmed and outraged by the potential cuts to Disability Living Allowance, Personal Independence Payment, and Access to Work

The BDA is deeply alarmed by proposed cuts to DLA, PIP & Access to Work. These are not luxuries—they're lifelines. Without them, Deaf & disabled people face poverty & isolation. We refuse to be silent.

Read our full statement: bda.org.uk/bda-statemen...

YouTube video by University of Birmingham Professor Adam Schembri on "How is sign language?" | Inaugural lecture | University of Birmingham

Can't believe it's a year today since my professorial inaugural lecture. I was so nervous, but it was a fun event. Thanks to Kearsy Cormier and @jeannettel.bsky.social for the lovely intro, and to everyone who's helped me on this journey. @unibirmingham.bsky.social

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