Main Related Pages on this Wiki:

• SINTO Seminars & Events: Deaf Community Awareness 6th June 2007
• Health Information aspect of Mental Health & Health Information
• Also see SINTO Director, Carl Clayton's SINTO Blog page on Deaf Awareness: http://sintoblog.blogspot.com/2007/06/deaf-awareness.html

New Stuff

• SignVideo provides instant and high quality sign language interpreting via the videophone: http://www.significant-online.co.uk/
• SINTO's discussion paper for the Social Inclusion Group entitled 'Do libraries provide for the needs of deaf people?' by Carl Clayton is attached to the bottom of this page.

Trainers & Training Materials

• SINTO ran a 'Deaf Community: awareness raising for librarians' course on Friday 28th March 2008 with Richard Stacey. This is a repeat of the course we ran on 6th June 2007: see SINTO Seminars & Events: Deaf Community Awareness . To see SINTO's current training programme, go to the SINTO Website, and look under Events/ Forthcoming training events.
• Deaf Awareness trainer, Karen Wilson is contactable through David Webster at Chesterfield College. Telephone - 01246 500684 websterD@chesterfield.ac.uk (Info from Georgina Alsop, Longley Park Sixth Form Centre)
• Deaf Awareness Trainer in Sheffield - Richard Stacey (Richard ran SINTO's deaf awareness event on 6th June 2007 which was very well received - see the link above in 'Related Pages'). Richard can be contacted at richard@stacey7135.freeserve.co.uk
• Disability Awareness Training for Libraries The Open Rose Group comprises Library staff involved in supporting users with disabilities at eight Yorkshire universities. The participating institutions are: Bradford, Huddersfield, Hull, Leeds, Leeds Metropolitan, Sheffield, Sheffield Hallam and York. The group won the SCONUL Award for Staff Development in 2003 and has produced a film plus supporting materials for use in Libraries to assist staff training on disability issues.This film is arranged into four main sections, each dedicated to a specific disability and focussing on a particular theme. The contents are as follows:
  • Introduction by Patrick Stewart
  • Dyslexia - using the Library
  • Hearing - communication
  • Mobility - access
  • Vision - assistive technology
  See: http://www.leedsmet.ac.uk:8082/lco/php/support.php/
  disabled/awareness_training (This link appears to be working again, but if you can't open it either Email Gilly, and I'll send you an order form or Email the Open Rose Group.)
• There are some useful British Sign Language (BSL) videos on You Tube. See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pwRDT71YCA
  

Useful Organisations & Websites

• This article in the Times talks about patients increasing use of discussion forums to access support, as well as information, regarding various health conditions: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/health/article2894007.ece There is advice on how to get the best out of these forums as well as links to the RNID forum:rnid.org.uk/forums (this link didn't work, so try: http://www.rnid.org.uk/community/forums/ ) (Times Online Nov 19th 2007)
• Steve Gibson of DeafEducate has posted comments on why deaf people don't use libraries on the SINTO Blog page on Deaf Awareness. DeafEducate is committed to publishing a wide range of eBooks for people who use British Sign Language and English. Their ebooks are not just electronic copies of paper books, but contain video BSL for all the written language content. Steve suggests that if libraries, have eBooks that Deaf people can 'read' in both English and British Sign Language, Deaf people will start to visit libraries. See the DeafEducate website for more information and to download a demo CD. www.deafeducate.co.uk
• There is a Wikipedia entry about the Deaf community.
• The Dorothy Miles Cultural Centre is committed to enhancing communication and understanding between deaf and hearing people.
• Deaf Forum is a UK forum for the Deaf community
• Deaf.com is an US Deaf community web site
• Deafclicks has details of companies that welcome Deaf and Hard of Hearing Communities
• The Scottish Sensory Centre has produced a bibliography about Deaf culture and community.
• Signstation is a site about British Sign Language and the British Deaf Community.