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• Deaf Awareness Week : 14 - 20 May

  …Deaf Awareness Week 2018 starts 14th May, but you may be asking – “what is deaf awareness?” Deaf Awareness Week is about ‘promoting the positive aspects of deafness’ and ‘promoting social inclusion,’ and aims to raise awareness of…

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• Deaf Awareness Week - 4 - 10th May 2020

  …Deaf Awareness Week is about raising awareness and challenging perceptions of hearing loss and deafness across the UK and also promoting the positive aspects of deafness and social inclusion. It aims to raise awareness of deaf issues for everyone,…

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• Call For Support for Workplace PAs

  …The roles of workplace personal assistants (PAs), who support disabled people to do their jobs, needs to be more clearly defined and better supported if accessible workplaces are to flourish, new research has said. The study found that workplace…

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• International Day of People with Disabilities

  …The 3rd of December – the International Day of People with Disabilities – is a day designed to mark the rights, equality, equity and wellbeing of Disabled people in all areas of life. We stand in accord with Disability Rights UK’s …

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• Access at Sheffield Mass Vaccination Site

  …If you are invited for vaccination in the coming days then you will now have the option to use the mass vaccination site at Sheffield Arena. You must have an appointment and book through the website shown in your letter, or by calling 119 so you can…

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• Woman Wins Battle Over BSL At Covid Briefings

  …A deaf woman from Yorkshire won a claim against the government after a judge found a lack of sign language at two Covid briefings “served to disempower, to frustrate and to marginalise”. As reported by the BBC Katie Rowley, 36, from…

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• Final Call for Special Olympics plus Olympic Fringe Events

  …A final call has just gone out for those who wish to watch or get involved with the Special Olympics GB National Games which are taking place in Sheffield this week ( 7-12 August ). This major event features 2,600 athletes with learning disabilities…

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• A Personal Reflection on Disability Pride Month

  …July is officially Disability Pride Month! Disability Pride Month has similarities related to LGBTQ+ Pride. Both celebrate overcoming obstacles and being authentic without having to hide. And both events celebrate and reclaim visibility in public,…

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• Coronavirus Testing

  …and can provide information in different languages or accessible formats. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_09TS9LAI8Eiew Video. Everyone in England without symptoms of Coroavirus is able to take a free rapid Coronavirus (COVID-19) test twice…

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• Covid 19 Emergency Fund for Disabled People's Organisations Now Live

  …The National Emergencies Trust has announced £1.5 million of funding to support grassroots Disabled Peoples Organisations (DPOs) across the UK to respond to the Covid-19 needs of disabled people. The funding will be administered and distributed…

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