Limpingchicken.com

health The Limping Chicken

Webhealth. Enjoying our eggs? Support The Limping Chicken: The Limping Chicken is the world's most popular Deaf blog, and is edited by Deaf journalist, screenwriter and director Charlie Swinbourne. Our posts represent the opinions of blog authors, they do not represent the site's views or those of the site's editor.

Actived: 4 days ago

URL: https://limpingchicken.com/health/

Interview: Audible star Amaree McKenstry on Deaf mental health …

WebWhile Apple TV film CODA is collecting a whole host of awards for its coming-of-age story of a hearing teen born to Deaf adults, another lesser-known release – Netflix’s Audible – is also vying for success at this year’s Oscars.. Ahead of the ceremony on 27 March, The Limping Chicken’s Liam O’Dell sat down with star Amaree McKenstry to …

Category:  Health Go Health

Helen Smith: Meniere’s disease and Mental Health at work

WebAnxiety, depression and cognitive problems are also more common among those with vestibular conditions, such as Meniere’s disease — like me. With Meniere’s, the physical symptoms often affect mental health in a vicious circle, with stress also being a trigger for physical responses. It is not surprising that hearing loss, tinnitus and

Category:  Health Go Health

Deaf News: A third of deaf people say pandemic has affected their

WebRebecca Mansell, Director of Communications and Fundraising at SignHealth, said that while the charity provides a range of services across England to support the mental health of Deaf people, the results have shown them that “much more needs to be done”.

Category:  Health Go Health

Dr Sara Rhys Jones: Why we’ve launched ACTivate Your Life, a Deaf

WebDWB v 1 from Fiona Nicholson on Vimeo.. This course is called ACTivate Your Life: Deaf Wellbeing online course. This course, delivered in BSL by Deaf presenters, helps us to learn how to look after ourselves, keep our minds and bodies well and how to carry on keeping healthy.

Category:  Course Go Health

Deaf News: Deaf fitness coach to produce accessible workouts …

WebWicks, who has over 2.7 million subscribers on ‘The Body Coach TV’, went viral last year for his ‘PE with Joe’ YouTube series, which aimed to keep kids exercising while schools were closed due to the coronavirus. “Just a little heads up. I want you to know I am going to have a Zoom chat with India and her interpreter to discuss India creating a …

Category:  Coronavirus Go Health

Exclusive: BSL Health Access to close next week as NHS funding …

WebHowever, with SignHealth yet to receive a commitment from NHS England that they will fund the service from 1 April, BSL Health Access – which cost between £25k-£30k a week to operate – is set to be turned off at midnight on 31 March. No money, BSL Health Access is closing.

Category:  Health Go Health

SignHealth introduce deaf together, a new campaign against …

WebThe deaf health charity SignHealth have launched a new campaign called deaf together, aiming to tackle the inequality that deaf people face. The charity have released a BSL video which can be seen here.. The charity says that this is a cross-sector campaign that “aims to deliver positive social change for all 12 million deaf people” and …

Category:  Health Go Health

New disabled-led pressure group for the TV industry, Underlying …

WebUnderlying Health Condition, a new pressure group for disabled representation in the TV industry, has been launched at London’s Tate Modern today. The group is headed by Jack Thorne, Geneviev…

Category:  Health Go Health

BREAKING: NHS England contracts SignHealth to deliver ‘ground …

WebThe news also follows draft NHS guidance issued by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) in November, which recommends patients with less severe cases of depression are offered therapy, exercise, mindfulness or meditation before being prescribed anti-depressants.. Claire Murdoch, National Mental Health Director at …

Category:  Health Go Health

TID Mental Health 2024 The Limping Chicken

WebThe site exists thanks to our supporters. Check them out below: BSL Zone: TV programmes in BSL for the Deaf community; Deaf Umbrella: sign language interpreting - find out about listening fatigue.; Bellman & Symfon: home alerting solutions, including the mobile phone transceiver! SignVideo: Instant BSL video interpreting online SignHealth: …

Category:  Health Go Health

Trudi Collier: Mindfulness and the Deaf community

WebTrudi Collier is a MBACP Accredited Psychological Therapist/Counsellor, and a SMHFA Approved Tutor. You can email her at [email protected], or find out more at the following pages: Website: www.deafmindfulness.com. Twitter: @deafmindfulness. Facebook: Trudi’s Mindfulness for Deaf Community #deafmindfulness.

Category:  Health Go Health

Read: How Deaf people are fighting to be heard in America (via …

WebOnly two weeks ago, a House of Lords report on the Equality Act showed how laws designed to protect deaf and disabled people “simply aren’t working in practice.” However, this NY …

Category:  Health Go Health

Insight: Working as a housekeeper in a mental health hospital

WebI’m profoundly deaf and I work as a housekeeper at a hospital for older adults who have mental health illnesses. I’ve been working in this field for almost 20 years and I’ve been at this hospital for six years. My duties are really varied and include; making beds, doing laundry, serving food, cleaning clinics, lounges, dining rooms and

Category:  Food Go Health

The Limping Chicken

WebBSL Health Access, a video relay service (VRS) which enabled Deaf individuals to contact healthcare providers remotely, is to close at midnight, the deaf health charity SignHealth has confirmed. De…

Category:  Health Go Health

The Limping Chicken

WebUpdate – 17:00: In a statement to The Limping Chicken, a Government spokesperson said: “The National Disability Strategy sets out probably the widest-ranging set of practical actions to improve the lives of disabled people ever developed, including improving inclusion in the workplace and tackling the disability employment gap. …

Category:  Health Go Health

Deaf News: SignHealth chair receives OBE in Queen’s Birthday …

WebPosted on June 12, 2021 by Liam O'Dell. Jackie Driver, chair of the Board of Trustees at the Deaf health charity SignHealth, has received an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours – it has been announced. Driver, who is also chair for the Manchester-based disabled people’s organisation Breakthrough UK, was awarded the honour for “services

Category:  Health Go Health

Clear masks reportedly approved for use in UK-wide health settings

WebPosted on January 4, 2022 by Liam O'Dell. Two brands of clear, transparent face coverings have been approved by the UK Government to be trialled in health settings this year – according to the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS). The charity reports that Contechs’ transparent surgical face mask and Alpha Solway’s MX C mask have been

Category:  Health Go Health

Donna Williams: In the wake of more let downs from the BBC on …

WebThe world's most popular deaf blog! Laying eggs since 2012

Category:  Health Go Health

Lindsey Dryden: A thank you letter to British Airways (and their …

WebLindsey Dryden is an award-winning documentary producer and director, and the founder of Little By Little Films. She specialises in films about the arts and the body, and she’s currently producing an American feature documentary about an extraordinary disabled film director, supported by Sundance, directing a queer music mystery, and making art …

Category:  Health Go Health

UK’s only mental health inpatient unit for Deaf children closed …

WebUpdate – 14:00: In an additional statement in response to a question around the publicising of the temporary review and lack of a press release on the news, an SWLSTG spokesperson said: “We have reached out for input from those directly affected including service users and families. “Stakeholder meetings have included hearing and …

Category:  Health Go Health