Lisa Goldstein is a journalist based in Pittsburgh, who happens to be deaf and verbal, with a cochlear implant. We interviewed her to discover what life is like when working her day job and running a family home with a hearing husband, two children and cat. SA: What bugs you most when people don’t understand your own
In today’s remote-working world, Skype calls for job interviews have skyrocketed in number, with the video-calling service used by up to 70 per cent of candidates seeking work outside their own national territory, according to recruiters in the UK. For applicants with hearing issues, Skype with realtime speech-to-text captions is a lifeline: Interviewees can see
On November 2nd, 2011, Conor Byrne at Dublin South FM interviewed Caroline Carswell from Irish Deaf Kids, on IDK and its activities. This transcript has been generated by Miriam Walsh, a former IDK intern who still contributes time to IDK’s operations, as needed. Read the radio transcript (pdf format) Listen to the podcast interview (25.2
In late 2010, a group of Transition Year students from Greenhill, Drogheda, decided to enter the 2011 Young Social Innovators (YSI) competition. Their project is about deafness, so they contacted IDK for initial information. The YSI competition is held every March at the RDS in Dublin, to encourage students to use their skills and talents to create a
TV3’s Ireland:AM team invited Caroline Carswell from IDK, and Kate Gaynor from Special Stories, into the studio to talk about their “Birthday For Ben” book after Special Stories received a Moonbeam award in the US during late 2009. The video clip of the interview is online at the TV3 website. Subtitled video clips are also
On March 23, 2008, Newstalk FM featured IDK in its Change-Makers series. Note: Caroline has since had two cochlear implants, which make her speech clearer now. Newstalk’s Louise Williams spoke with the founder of IDK, Caroline Carswell. Here is the full conversation. C: Caroline Carswell and L: Louise Williams C: ‘My name is Caroline Carswell and I’ve been
On March 23, Irish Deaf Kids will feature in Newstalk’s Change-Makers series, with two other Social Entrepreneurs Ireland 2007 awardees. A podcast of the programme will later be posted on the Newstalk website. A transcript of the interview will also appear on the IDK website asap.
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