UEA British Sign Language Society

🌟 Meet our new committee for 2024/25!! 🌟

Congratulations to the new members and we wish them all the best for next year!

They have a lot of great and fun ideas so look forward to what they have in store ☺️✨

Join us next week for a fun social in the park! 😆✨

We’ll be going to Earlham park (opposite the sports park) and having a picnic on Thursday the 23rd May at 3pm! 🌟

Get your tickets through the SU website ! https://www.ueasu.org/events/6497/28636/

Please message if you have any food intolerances/ allergies and/or vegetarian or vegan :))

Hope to see you there ! 🙌

🌟Come along to our final session of the year 🌟

This will be a fun session on the Last Sea Shanty 🌊 in Sign Supported English ✨

This Thursday 16th May at 6pm in lecture theatre 4 !

Keep an eye out 👀 for an announcement soon for a Picnic at Earlham Park on the 23rd too :))

Hope to see you there ! ☺️✨

Our last and final post for Deaf Awareness Week is on certain myths and misconceptions people may have about Deaf individuals !

It is important to educate and learn in order to prevent misunderstandings ~ hopefully this and the other posts throughout the week teaches you something new!

As this week comes to an end we hope that you continue to learn more about Deaf Awareness and put some of the tips into practice to show solidarity and support to the Deaf community ☺️✨

The 6th post for Deaf Awareness Week is on ways to support Deaf individuals and things you can personally do to be more inclusive and aware :)

Day 5’s post for Deaf Awareness Week is on useful tips to help communicate with Deaf individuals and to be more inclusive to their needs 😆

Deafness can be isolating and stressful so it’s important to be patient and work together so that each person can communicate effectively!

Today’s post for Deaf Awareness Week is on different types of deafness !

This includes Sensorineural Deafness or nerve deafness (hearing loss in the inner ear), conductive deafness (often caused by blockages in the ear canal) and Unilateral Deafness (one sided hearing loss)

Hope that you found this interesting and useful ! :))

🌟Don’t forget that our Guest Speaker from .tuition is doing a talk in New Sci 0.08 tonight at 6pm! 🌟 ~ hope to see u there ☺️

Voting for society committee elections open today !! Votes are open till 10pm on May 12th so be quick ! ☺️

Have your say in who joins next years committee and good luck to everyone who nominated themselves for roles ! 😆✨

Day Three’s post for Deaf Awareness Week is on Terms to describe Deafness ! ✨

There are several ways to refer to someone who has hearing loss such as Hard of Hearing, Deafened or d/Deaf. People have different experiences and preferences on how they want to be referred to as.

Not all Deaf individuals may use sign language or require hearing aids or cochlear implants and/ or other assistive listening devices :))

The second post for Deaf Awareness Week is on reasons why we celebrate it! ✨

Deafness can be isolating and challenging, therefore it is important that these weeks exist to spread awareness and light to these issues and help break down the communication barriers between hearing and hard of hearing individuals ☺️

✨It’s Deaf Awareness Week! ✨

Celebrated on an Annual basis, Deaf Awareness Week was created by the U.K. council on Deafness to highlight the challenges often faced by the Deaf community ☺️

This year it lands on May 6th to 12th and aims to combat and address the barriers to communication between Hearing and Hard of hearing individuals.
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Look forward to extra posts throughout the week spreading information about how to support Deaf peers and tips to being more inclusive and Deaf aware :))

For Deaf Awareness Week 2024 in May, instead of our usual BSL sessions we’ve organised a special surprise 👀✨ guest speaker from SignWise Tuition where they will discuss the importance of deaf history/ culture and their personal impact/ experiences on the community ! ╰(*´︶`*)╯♡

Deaf Awareness Week 2024 is from the 6th to 12th May. This week aims to spread awareness about Deafness and the Deaf community, educating people on how they can become more Deaf friendly and inclusive in their workplaces, schools, friendships and families. With 12 million adults in the UK being Deaf or having hearing loss, it is a great to find out more about different communication tips and the barriers that Deaf people face.

This event is a great opportunity for you to learn more for those interested in British Sign Language and/or Deaf culture. It is also ideal for anyone looking to pursue careers in areas such as Speech and Language Therapy, Education, a variety of health care courses etc.

Please get a free ticket on the SU website and join us on Thursday the 9th May at 6pm in New Sci 0.08! ✨

Link to event !
https://www.ueasu.org/events/6497/28467/

🌟(Tickets will initially be only open to members with the potential to be opened up to non-members depending on availability)🌟

Hope to see you there ! ✨