Debt and financial advice – RNId/CAB

Posted on 16 June 2007 by Rob

This is enough to make anyone cringe.

RNIDâ€™s Employment Training and Skills Service (ETSS), has worked with the CAB to deliver deaf awareness training and a Start to Sign course to advisers.

Do the RNId and CAB honestly think that training hearing advisers in basic BSL will allow them to communicate effectively with Deaf BSL users? The simple answer is: NO! Basic BSL will allow them to ask clients if they want a cuppa, that’s it. There is absolutely no way they can, or should be allowed to, advise Deaf clients on legal issues.

The RNId should know better, but then again, their ignorance doesn’t surprise me anymore.

The limelight

Posted on 11 June 2007 by Rob

It seems that I have a habit of being thrust into the limelight when I least expect it.

Over the past few weeks, I have been exchanging emails with Paul Crichton (wonder if he’s related to Michael Crichton, the writer), author of the BBC Access 2.0 blog; an “interview” of sorts about the impact of the Internet on the Deaf community and Deaf individuals.

The Access 2.0 article got mentioned over at Grumpy Old Deafies, which turned out to the 10,000th post to be featured on DeafRead. Ain’t that nice? It’s apparently quite “apt” that the first vlogger to post a vlog on the net in sign language gets a mention in the 10,000th post to appear on DeafRead.

This reminds me of the time when I was hailed the world over for being the first sign language vlogger, all the time consciously aware that I’d vlogged in my PJs!