Attention inpatient mental health occupational therapists + staff; I’ve just seen the new project Hospital Rooms is launching soon & it’s very exciting. Keep your eyes peeled 👀

54% of British Sign Language (BSL) users say that most people avoid interacting with them. So we’re sharing easy BSL phrases to help you communicate with friends, family and colleagues.

Sign up to learn more for free: bit.ly/4dF9k6v #ItDoesMatter

So interesting. So many similarities to BSL, especially the “bad” sign, seen in “criticise”, “guilty”, “I’m wrong”, what else hmm 🤔

Join us for the launch of ‘Menstrual health in psychiatric inpatient settings’ on 12 June 2-3pm, a new report authored by Survivor Researcher Hat #StopSIM #StopOxevision 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🩸.

Hat will introduce the report and its findings and open up the space to discussion and questions.

nsun.org.uk/news/launch-ev…

Basically that says “try harder”.

Take a look at Hospital Rooms and see how they work with artists to install gallery quality art in mental health hospitals.

Walkman
Only being able to call people on evenings and weekends
No internet to help with homework
No mobile phones
carrying around an A-Z map in London

I’m tired of #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek - every year it’s focuses on what mentally ill people aren’t doing enough of, it’s individualised, what about what the government has done to people? Cuts to services, healthcare, benefits & poor housing. 😞

Install the 999 BSL app, it’s a way deaf BSL users can call 999 in BSL.

If you have deaf service users who struggle with tech and have a smart phone, help them to download it & show them videos on 999 BSL website.

For therapies in BSL via SignHealth , professionals can refer here:
gateway.mayden.co.uk/referral-v2/50…

Deaf person can refer themself: gateway.mayden.co.uk/referral-v2/fc…

#DeafMentalHealth

OT student Ibrahim Abu Alfa in Gaza in need of direct support ❤️💚🤍🖤

gofundme.com/f/ggmdf-help-m…

Deaf is not disease.

We do not want to be fixed.
We are not disease.
We are beautiful humans.
We are normal.

Bad attitude is disease.
Bad attitude needs to be fixed.
Bad attitude is ugly human.
Bad attitude is not normal.

We don’t want to be cured by other human beings.

To me it’s wild that NHS England shared this without captions on the video during deaf awareness week.

This film explains why so many people feel upset about cures for deafness : The End (Zoom Focus 2011) bslzone.co.uk/watch/zoom-foc…

As a Deafblind person I wondered if I would enjoy whale watching, typically a visual experience. So grateful our tour guides took the time to plan a multisensory, inclusive Alaskan adventure! #Accessibility #JuneauAlaska Descriptive transcript: habengirma.com/2024/05/09/ala…

Deafness is not a disease that needs to be ‘cured’. The wording here is problematic and it’s #DeafAwarenessWeek ‼️ from a deaf gal

Sarah's story: ‘It does matter’

Here, Sarah x shares her story & talks about the benefits of having a cochlear implant, difficulties communicating with the general public, & how she hopes to be a positive role model: bit.ly/3WutJF6

#ItDoesMatter #DeafAwarenessWeek

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