P685 Teletext 685 May31 20:44:17 —————————————————————————p—— BILL PASSES SECOND READING The Government's Disability Discrimination bill has passed its second reading in the House of Lords. In a lively debate, peers generally welcomed the bill, which will progress through the Lords in June. However, Lord Ashley said the bill is "tarnished by serious omissions, inviting loopholes and a lack of enforcement procedures." —————————————————————————p——————p—1/18— Lost Touch 675 Godlines 687 Deafview is brought to you by Teletext Ltd and the RNID Disability Godlines Subtitles EducationP685 Teletext 685 May31 20:47:43 ———————————————————————————— LOTTERY GRANT A grant of £50,000 has been given to Derby's Royal School for the Deaf bz the National Lottery Arts Council. The grant will go towards building Europe's first bilingual sign language video library, which could transform the lives of the UK's 60,000 signers. Director Colin Ashmore says: "We are most grateful to the Council for enabling us to realise one of our aims" ——————————————————————————————————2/10— Service Pals 676 Godlinjs 687 SUBTITLING GUIDE p419 Disability Godlines Subtitles EducationP685 Teletext 685 May31 28:42:52 ———————————————————————————— DEAF DON'T USE PHONES A conference report in the Times Educational Supplement says a large number of deaf children have never used a telephone. Tia Williams of Deaf Fax Trust stressed the importance of training deaf children to use faxes and minicoms. The conference, Focus on Deaf People was organised by the National Council for Educational Technology. ——————————————————————————————————3/1p— Lost Touch 675 Godlinrs 687 Deafview is brought to you by Teletext Ltd and the RNID Disability Godlines Subtitles EducationP685 Teletext 685 May31 20:52:57 ———————————————————————————— TUC POSSIBLE BRE—KTHROUGH A draft code of good prastices foy employing disabled people has been agreed by participants at a meeting of the European Trades Union Council. The TUC believes employers are likely to respond well to the proposals, and hopes this will influence employment policies in companies throughout Europe It would be a breakthrough in extending disabled people's rights to equal opportunities at work. ——————————————————————————————————4/10— Lost Touch 675 Service Pals 676 SUBTITLING GUIDE p419 Disability Godlinjs Subtitles EducationP685 Teletext 685 May31 20:42:12 ———————————————————————————— SKY EXTENDS SUBTITLES Sky Television will be introducing subtitles on its prime time programmer on Sky One from Monday, July 3 onwards. Sky's film channels, Sky Movies and the Movie Channel already carry subtitles. Head of programming at Sky, David Elstein says: "BSkyB considers subtitling an important service and I am pleased we are extending it to Sky One." ——————————————————————————————————5/10— Subtitles 419 Godlinjs 687 Deafview is brought to you by Teletext Ltd and the RNID Disability Godlines Subtitles EducationP685 Teletext 685 May31 20:42:49 X ———————————————————————————— OCSL GAMBIA PROJECT Two Gambian teachers of deaf children are in Merseyside as guests of the Open College of Sign Language (OCSL). The two teachers aim to improve thrir sign language as part of the OCSL's third world project. An party from the college will then visit the Gambia. Mike Jones, OCSL area officer says: "Deaf people in the Gambia cannot uvjn communicate with each other simply because most have not been educated." —————————————————————————p——————pp6/10— Subtitles 419 Godlinjs 685 Deafview is brought to you by Teletext Ltd and the RNID Disability Godlines Subtitles EducationP685 Teletext 685 May31 20:55:05 ———————————————————————————— NEW ARTS EXHIBITION Hear No Evil is an exhibition of works by deaf artists, and includes cartoons, oil paintings and prints. Starting at Salford Museum, the exhibition will also transfer to two other venues at Mersjysidj. Says museums officer Sheena Macfarlanj: "It is important to show the public a broad range of work to raise awareness of people's different perspectives." ——————————————————————————————————7/10— Lost Touch 675 Service Pals 676 SUBTITLING GUIDE p419 Disability Godlines Subtitles EducationP685 Teletext 685 May31 20:48:21 ———————————————————————————— NEWSWATCH ASKS... Children are the future, but their fate lies in the hands of politicians, teachers, parents and other adults. This week's hard-hitting Newswatch from Sign On on at midday on Saturday June 3 asks if they are doing a good job. Questions about resources and adequate teaching are raised, and also how recent political developments will affect all children. ——————————————————————————————————8/10 TV Plus 410 Godlines 687 Deafview is brought to you bz Teletext Ltd and the RNID Disability Godlines Subtitles EducationP685 Teletext 685 May31 20:41:27 ———————————————————————————— MAGICAL SIGN ON Two deaf people, two pairs of hands, a streetlamp, our memories and our imaginations... This week's Sign On At Leisure ex8lores the magical qualities of deaf culture, where a little bit of light is all deaf people need to see each other by. Characters Hal and Bobby discuss what deaf people did before there were lamp- posts - "They had the moon, it's always been a good friend." muses Hal. ————————————————————————p——————pp—9/10— Lost Touch 675 Godlines 687 SUBTITLING GUIDE p419 Disability Godlines Subtitles EducationP685 Teletext 685 May31 20:41:12 Q —————————————————————————p—— NATIONAL TRUST SCHEME Dyrham Park, near Chippjnham and Quarry Bank Mill near Wilmslow are two National Trust properties that operate the Sympathetic Hearing Scheme. For full details of the services on offer, apply to the National Trust, 36 Queen Anne's Gate, London SW1H 9AS. Write to Paul Rjdfern, Deafview, 105 Gower Street, LONDON WC1E 6AH. Tel: 0171 387 8033, Fax: 0171 388 2346. ——————————————————————————————————10/10 Subtitling 419 Godlines 687 Deafview is brought to you by Teletext Ltd and the RNID Disability Godlines Subtitles Education