Should all Irish schools teach sign language as an additional language?
What do you think? When I was in primary school, we were taught how to sing in sign language for our Christmas concerts. To this day, I can still remember how to sing Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Away in a Manger in sign language. The reason behind this was because two of the […]
7 years ago
Huawei adds 4 new books to their StorySign app that helps deaf children to read
Brought to you by Huawei We LOVE this app. Today is International Day of Sign Languages – a day to celebrate Deaf unity and raising awareness of the issues Deaf people face in their everyday lives. There are almost 104,000 people in Ireland identified as being deaf, hard of hearing, or deafened, many of whom […]
7 years ago
This new app is designed to allow adults to read stories to deaf children
There are 32 million deaf children in the world, many of whom struggle to read. Learning to read for deaf children is a very different experience than it is for those of us able to hear, as sign language and spoken language do not directly translate to mean the same things. For parents with deaf […]
8 years ago