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‘Let’s use subtitles to improve children’s literacy rate’ with Henry Warren from ‘Turn on the Subtitles’

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Welcome to The Hear Me Out! [CC] Podcast, an audio show (with transcripts included) where we listen to stories from fascinating individuals in and around the d/Deaf community and from your host, yours truly, Ahmed Khalifa.

In this episode, I got chatting with Henry Warren who is running a campaign called ‘Turn on the Subtitles’ where he is encouraging broadcasters and technology platforms to turn on the subtitles as research has shown that it can help improve children’s literacy rate.

Listen to podcast or read transcript of interview with Henry Warren

How to communicate with a deaf person? – 14 simple & actionable tips to overcome communication barriers

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I’ve read a few tweets a while back where there is a common trend where the hearing person in question either walks away because they can’t be bothered, are scared or they stands still and ignores the d/Deaf individual.

You’d think that it can’t get worse or more ridiculous than that, but it can. If only they learnt some simple tips on how to get over that.

Learn how to communicate with deaf people here

‘Stop language deprivation & encourage language acquisition for deaf children’ with Kimberly Sanzo from Language First

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In this episode, I got chatting Kimberly Sanzo of Language First who has an incredible insight in the world of language deprivation that d/Deaf children can go through and the importance of having the right environment to encourage language acquisition.

Like all interviews on this podcast, I come away with a different on a topic that I don’t have lot of knowledge about but after chatting to Kimberly, it has opened up my mind about the power of sign languages, and I’m sure it will do the same to you too.

Listen or read the interview with Kimberly Sanzo here

What can deaf people do (and can’t do)?

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It seems that many people are confused on what deaf can do and can’t do. A simple Google search starting with “can deaf people…” will bring up a list of search suggestions that seems very…interesting (which you can see in the shownote).

So I thought this would be a good time to talk about what d/Deaf people can do and dispel any myths that anyone may have about us.

Find out what can d/Deaf people do (and can’t do) here

The benefits of learning sign Language

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As someone who is considered to be fairly multi-lingual (with English, Arabic and Spanish at various levels), I’d like to think that I understand the process and the benefits that comes with learning languages.

But as someone who is currently going through the process of learning BSL, it requires a slightly different learning process but still comes with a rich learning experience and a fantastic skill to have.

And there are many benefits that comes with it too.

Read about the benefits of learning sign language