TCD Evening Seminar For Students With Disability
Wednesday, January 4th, 2012The Disability Service at Trinity College, Dublin is hosting an information evening this month for potential students with physical/sensory disabilities.
Date: Friday January 27th 2012
Time: 6.30pm
Venue: Room 3074, 3rd Floor, Arts Building, TCD
The evening will begin with an overview of the Disability Access Route to Education (DARE), and will outline the range of supports available at [...]
Technology Bridges The Deaf And Hearing Worlds
Thursday, December 22nd, 2011The Tech section of Malaysia’s New Straits Times broadsheet newspaper recently ran an interview with a female, deaf IT graduate and blogger, who outlines exactly how technology helps bridge the deaf and hearing worlds.
Read the piece: Sound Her Out >>
Employers, tertiary-education providers and IT firms can gain from reading this piece, which notes how regular [...]
Advice For Deaf Students Going To Third Level
Saturday, December 3rd, 2011Monica Heck, a student of journalism at DCU, recently wrote a feature piece on deaf students at third-level in Ireland, for DCU’s College View paper.
Read the piece >> Deafness at Third Level
A key point to remember is that each student prefers different supports at third-level. Some will favour speed-text (digital note-taking), or CART (ad verbatim note-taking), [...]
Communication Technology Solutions – By Design
Monday, November 28th, 2011“Communication technologies [for] people who are deaf and hard-of-hearing are just as much for the general hearing public… in that they foster communication between both groups.” **
Think of SMS texting on mobile phones, web-chat (via text, video or voice), and Facebook posts as everyday solutions for universal access. Real-time captioning (CART) and captioned web-videos similarly [...]
Write-Up: IDK’s Post-School Seminar (Nov 2011)
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011IDK’s latest seminar, “Exploring Post-School and College Options”, was held in Dublin on November 3rd, 2011 for deaf teens and their parents to explore college, career and employment options.
Seminar topics covered:
The DARE (Disability Access Route to Education) system
Third-level college supports for deaf/hard-of-hearing students
Internships and volunteer work for students
Paid mentored placements for graduates
Insights by deaf adults [...]
IDK’s October 10th Information Session: Update
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011At IDK’s tech and education event in Dublin on October 10th 2011, a few tech solutions were profiled for their role in facilitating children with hearing issues to listen, communicate and learn in mainstream environments.
A key point: technology needs integrating into an environment, to benefit everyone present – not just the children who are deaf or [...]
Technology Has Revolutionised Deaf Education
Thursday, September 15th, 2011The teaching of children who are deaf or hard-of-hearing has altered as a result of technologies such as cochlear implants and speech-to-text tools, according to a recent report from Project Forum, at the National Association of State Directors of Special Education, in the United States (see summary).
Technology Has Changed The Teaching Of Deaf Students
Notable findings [...]
What Tertiary Supports Do Deaf Students Need?
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011Statistically, more and more deaf and hard-of-hearing students are enrolling in mainstream tertiary institutions in the US (Raue & Lewis, 2011). The same is happening in Ireland, due to a convergence of factors that includes Trinity College Dublin’s DS3 (Deaf Support in Third Level) program.
Different tertiary education supports are needed for students who:
have hearing aids and [...]
Why SNAs Can Be So Important To Deaf Children
Thursday, July 14th, 2011Yesterday – on July 13th 2011 – a few of the IDK team joined a public protest outside Leinster House, on Kildare Street in Dublin.
This protest was to show public opposition to government proposals to cap the number of special-needs assistants (SNAs) in the education system for the 2011-12 school year, and to reduce [...]
Educational Supports Ensure A Diverse Workforce
Monday, July 11th, 2011Dublin’s Southside People newspaper (July 6th edition) mentions how a young deaf pupil at a Dublin school is at risk of losing her classroom SNA (special needs assistant), if the current SNA-funding crisis is not resolved.
Parents’ pain at special needs education cuts
This Wednesday (July 13th), the Dail Technical Committee is meeting to dedicate their three hours [...]