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Dr Robert A Skinner @RobASkinner
Joined February 2012
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Deaf Action@DeafAction
18 Dec 2024
🚨 The @scotgov plans to shut down ContactScotland-BSL on 31 March 2025! We need your support! 🤝 Join us at the Scottish Parliament tomorrow, 19 December, for First Minister’s Questions. Watch the video for details & share! 🚨 #SaveContactScotlandBSL @ContactScotland
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I am moving to where the sky is Blue! No more X. Come join me… bsky.app/profile/robertskinn…
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DCAL@DCAL_UCL
6 Nov 2024
Here's an update from us on our Language Comprehension in Deaf Children project. Please do get in touch with us if you want to know more about the project.
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Deaf Action@DeafAction
4 Nov 2024
This Trustees' Week, we want to extend a heartfelt thank you to our Board of Trustees 🙌 We're grateful for your commitment and for sharing our vision of inclusive communities for deaf people. Thank you for being an integral part of our journey ❤️ #TrusteesWeek
Turquoise graphic with black writing reading: 'Thank you to our Trustees!'

ALT Turquoise graphic with black writing reading: 'Thank you to our Trustees!'
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SignHealth@SignHealth
26 Oct 2024
Still a few places left in this online workshop for deaf men. Please register to join eventbrite.co.uk/e/deaf-men-…
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Lara Manwaring Casting@ManwaringLara
22 Oct 2024
Replying to @CambsDeaf
@CambsDeaf CASTING: Looking in the UK for a young Deaf girl to play a key role in a BBC Feature film. All info on image flyer BSL video flyer below. Please share far and wide. Thank you!
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Cambridgeshire Deaf@CambsDeaf
26 Oct 2024
In memory of Brian Nottage, Matthew Wheeler is taking on a white collar boxing challenge. Here he explains why he's stepping into the ring and talks about why he wants to use the fight to raise money for CDA. You can donate here justgiving.com/page/matthew-… and get tickets for the event here ultratickets.co.uk/events/ul… Thanks to @uwcb1 and to BoxCross in Wisbech
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Cycling in London@Cycling_In_LDN
23 Oct 2024
We want more peaceful streets, and cycle lanes can make that happen
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Maartje De Meulder@mdemeulder
22 Oct 2024
.@FT reports about the need for representation and leadership of disabled people in technology design - featuring our recent paper on deaf leadership in sign language AI research. on.ft.com/4feetCt
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Great to be @ASLIuk conference in Blackpool. Had the opportunity to float a framework I am exploring “Procedural Interpreting”… more work needed but I see real potential. I also loved how the entire conference was in BSL 🙌 about time!
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This is unfortunately very common and only a glimpse into a deaf child’s educational experience
BBC
@BBC
17 Oct 2024
When accessibility isn't prioritised, this can be the reality of being deaf at school 💔 #WaterlooRoad #Drama #DeafAwareness #DeafEducation #DeafCommunity #SignLanguage #Learning #HearingImpaired #BSL Details of support for some of the issues raised in this video are available at the BBC Action Line: bbc.co.uk/actionline/
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ASLI@ASLIuk
19 Oct 2024
In Empowering Allyship: The Future of the Profession, Philip Gerrard of @DeafAction looks back on 40 years of SLI in the UK and poses the question: is now the time to consider a single body to replace the multiple professional bodies? #ASLIConference2024 #ReframeResetRefresh
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RT @drjosephjmurray: If you work in deaf education, sign language research, deaf studies or related fields please do consider submitting a…
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Stuart Harrison: Addressing the Gaps: Inclusion of Deaf Young People in Talent Identification Pathways (BSL) limpingchicken.com/2024/10/0…

Stuart Harrison: Addressing the Gaps: Inclusion of Deaf Young People in Talent Identification...

As Vice President of UK Deaf Sport, I would like to respond to Sport England’s Head of Inclusion’s blog on talent inclusion programmes. Dear Diane, Your blog ‘What’s Talent got to do with it?’ post…

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DCAL@DCAL_UCL
8 Oct 2024
BSL Corpus is a publicly accessible collection of video clips showing Deaf people using BSL. Explore this valuable resource, which includes background info about the signers and supports BSL research, education, and interpreter training. Learn more: bslcorpusproject.org
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Reviewer 2@GrumpyReviewer2
5 Oct 2024
#AcademicChatter #AcademicX
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SIGNS@HWU (aka Heriot-Watt BSL team)@HeriotWattBSL
3 Oct 2024
We are excited to announce that the @goosearoundtown quiz at The Royal Dick pub, with @heriotwatt_soss @HW_CTISS BSL/English interpreting students, is returning this Monday, October 7th! Please note that we will be starting at a slightly later time than usual—8 PM.
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Dr Paul Michaels@bslinterpreter
1 Oct 2024
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/
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Natalia Rodríguez Vicente, PhD@NataliaTanalia
28 Sep 2024
📢 New #ScopingReview by @INforMHAA team reviews literature on how interpreter mediation supports or impedes a person’s legal rights and best interests in interpreter-mediated statutory mental health assessments. Available open access👇🏽 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…

Interpreter mediation in statutory mental health assessments: A scoping review - Natalia Rodrígue...

This interdisciplinary scoping review addresses the involvement of spoken and signed language interpreters in statutory mental health assessments. Specifically,...

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