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See Hear on iPlayer (30 Jan)
Posted: January 30th, 2008, 5:22pm UTC by TigerDeafie
Kindly notified by a friend that BBC See Hear interview can be seen here by UK people http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/page/item/b008vrdm.shtml?q=see+hear&start=1&scope=iplayersearch&version_pid=b008vr95 Tiger... -
The HFEB (eugenics) Bill does not remove the deaf gene but is still a form of eugenics
Posted: January 29th, 2008, 8:33pm UTC by TigerDeafie
In this month’s British Deaf News (a regular column author), and also on a campaign blog, there is information about the Bill which is mistaken and needs to be urgently clarified. The Bill does NOT authorise the removal of a deaf gene from an embryo, and neither does it ban deaf genes or embryo’s completely, either [...]... -
My See Hear complaint
Posted: January 26th, 2008, 6:33pm UTC by TigerDeafie
Annoyed with the way my See Hear interview had been conducted (see previous entry) I decided to complain. It had been that bad I was considering withdrawing from it. Now, let me make a few comments about the nature of a ‘complaint’ from my point of view. It can be quite a positive thing [...]... -
My interview on See Hear
Posted: January 26th, 2008, 6:14pm UTC by TigerDeafie
What an experience! If anyone enjoys chaos, argument, stress, this was one to crave. On Thursday 17th January I was interviewed on See Hear as a representative from the Stop Eugenics campaign. I was given the questions that would be asked, sent to me the day before by the producer, and did a little [...]... -
Cathy Heffernan on the advantages of being a Deaf traveller :-)
Posted: January 24th, 2008, 7:27pm UTC by TigerDeafie
There is this brilliant article in the Guardian today by Cathy Heffernan entitled Being deaf has one big advantage when you’re travelling abroad - it breaks down all the barriers. Her experience certainly mirrors mine re: travelling to places like South America and the Far East. Go read!... -
StopEugenics debate summary update
Posted: January 24th, 2008, 7:13pm UTC by TigerDeafie
What kickstarted it all? Click this link to see the post by Grumpy Old Deafies which outlines the Clause being referred to. A StopEugenics website was created and a e-group set up. The Sunday Times asked for further information on the campaign and wrote up an article entitled Deaf Demand Right to Designer deaf [...]... -
BSL DVD of PhD complete!
Posted: January 24th, 2008, 6:30pm UTC by TigerDeafie
The BSL translation of my PhD is complete, less than one year after the confirmation of the award! It is now in editing stage. I’m immensely proud to have got it done, and very well pleased with Tessa Padden who has worked hard on it. Questions might be asked as to why I did not do [...]... -
Completely ridiculous
Posted: January 24th, 2008, 8:11am UTC by TigerDeafie
The purpose of setting up this blog urgently has come following the discovery of Clause 14/4/9 of the HFEB, currently undergoing its third reading in the House of Lords. The Bill relates to unborn embryo’s at IVF stage but is already demonstrating appalling prevailing attitudes towards Deaf people in our society. The media has been [...]...