Channel 4, Born to be different programme at 9pm tonight. This series is giving a great insight to the lives of families who have a disabled child. Seeing the joy and the pressures. A couple of the parents were interviewed on BBC Breakfast this morning, they wanted to do this programme to raise awareness.
I am writing about British Sign Language Qualified Level 6 Interpreters. We have been concerned the Interpreters for Deaf People are being CUT such as NRCPD Fully qualified Register Level 6 (indentified by the Yellow Badge) for National Health Service (NHS) at Royal Preston Hospital. The Hospital has been booking NRCPD Trainee Interpreters (indentified by the Blue Badge) and as such are a Lower Level which is unacceptable. Deaf People are not satisfied with having to use Trainee Interpreters. However, we are aware lots of Deaf People who are living in North West of England have been complaining about Trainee Interpreters. It seems they are being used because they are cheaper compared to Qualified Interpreters. Myself and my Family are Deaf and we always used Co-Sign Interpreters for many years, as they always and only employ Qualified Interpreters. But Co-Sign are not being booked by the Hospital at Preston and Chorley anymore.
In a blog post announcing the update, the firm said: 'Today, Microsoft UK announced the rollout of a new pilot programme focused on hiring people with neurodiverse conditions, including Autism or Asperger's syndrome, for full-time UK based Microsoft positions.
Fashion designer and mother, Mindy Scheier, has collaborated with major clothes brand Tommy Hilfiger to bring adaptive clothes to children with disabilities.
This animated video offers a glimpse into what a day in the life of a child with learning difficulties can be like.
I have been watching 'This Morning' on TV and they were doing a phone-in about a storyline that's coming up on Corrie and it got me thinking. Given that many people could get help with their issues by seeing characters in their favourite soap operas going through the same thing, could this be exploited in some way? I know that, quite often, we get the helpful message at the end of a programme giving a phone number that people can ring if they have been affected by any of the issues they have just seem, but could more be done?
