The Asian Deaf Club were successful in their bid for funding from the Scottish Ethnic Minorities Fund to carry out a research and filming project to engage the deaf South East Asian in Glasgow, namely Indian and Pakistani communities.
The engagement should provide some initial research, consultation and awareness
to these communities about deafness and hearing loss within their own
communities. We aim to provide this through a combination of a mini research
and multimedia initiative.
Many of the Asian Deaf Club members are deaf and use
British Sign Language as their first language so a more visual format would be
preferable to the traditional written format. The project would aim to recruit
members to design and deliver questionnaires/surveys with south Asian residents
in south east Glasgow to encourage their views and knowledge on deafness and
hearing loss. This will be documented via multimedia filming along this
process.
The information will be collated and a follow-up event with
participants and communities will organised to share this learning, showcase
the documented film and a drama to emphasize the visibility and needs of this
community. Deaf Connections has an internal Multimedia Unit as well as
communication support which can provide the support to this project.
Communication will be essential so the British Sign Language Interpreters will
play a key role.
The outcome will have been to increase the self esteem and
confidence of deaf Asian people and increase awareness in south Asian
communities in Glasgow. There will also be a resource developed that can be
hosted online or produced as DVD and disseminated to key stakeholder so
learning can be shared.
Contact Tasnim or Maryam for more information or if you would like to get involved.
Tasnim@deafconnections.co.uk
Maryam@deafconnections.co.uk
