Deafchurch Frontpage

Brainstem Implant

Friday, 18 May 2007 09:56

On Wednesday three year old Jorja Steele became the first child in Australasia to have an auditory brainstem implant., at Melbourne's Royal Children's Hospital (RCH).

She has already had two failed cochlear implants

Is the brainstem implant a "miracle cure" for Deafness or is it wrong to put this child through an experimental procedure which runs a risk of brain damage? Read the full article and add your opionion using our comments feature.

Debate on Sign Language Support

Monday, 12 March 2007 12:30

On 6th March 2007 Westminster Hall hosted a debate of M.P.'s on Sign Language Support. Click to read the rest of this article for the full text of this debate introduced by Liberal Democrat MP Malcom Bruce including his speech and a response by Parmjit Dhanda (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Education and Skills)

Nelda fights on for Kenya?s deaf children

Tuesday, 16 January 2007 12:33

Why a 93-year-old continues to battle for the 56 children she calls her own

Standing outside a supermarket with a tin to raise money or speaking to government officials, Nelda Kroll does everything in her power to help vulnerable children. Aged 93, she continues to fight for those who were uncared for in a remote area of Kenya, deaf children whom she loves as her own – all 56 of them.

These children were among the most vulnerable in the world. Traditionally, children with disabilities are considered to be evidence of their parents’ wrong doing and have died of neglect and hunger.

BSL Bible Website Goes Live

Thursday, 03 May 2007 22:41

Project Website

The BSL Bible Translation Project has launched a new website at : www.bslbible.org.uk

The BSL Bible Translation Project has been set up to translate the whole Christian Bible into British Sign Language.

Teams of bilingual Deaf and hearing people, alongside Bible experts, have begun to translate parts of the Bible. The translation will be checked at every stage to ensure it is consistent with the language of the original texts and we hope it will become an accurate, well-used resource for all BSL users.

This Project will take many years to complete, but already has the support of Deaf people, major Christian organisations and academics.

Boston Spa School

Thursday, 08 February 2007 23:10

A WEST Yorkshire school has been given specialist status to help improve standards further.

St John's Catholic School for the Deaf in Boston Spa was one of 15 special school from across the country to be awarded the status this week by the Government.

New Money for BSL Bible Project

Thursday, 28 December 2006 01:21

Trust Greenbelt have agreed to make a £1,000 donation of "seed" money to help the BSL Bible Project get going.

Trust Greenbelt describes itself as " the gift of the Greenbelt community to global and UK initiatives that find ways of combining faith, justice and the arts" Festivalgoers give tens of thousands of pounds to Trust Greenbelt each year during the Sunday morning service at the Greenbelt Festival. This is distributed in small and medium size grants to initiatives, inspired by faith, that liberate creativity in the face of exclusion, exploitation and injustice. Where possible these projects get showcased at the Festival.

The BSL Bible project aims to start work on translating the Bible into British Sign Language and was launched in Cardiff in September 2006.