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Published: May 7, 2019
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Left is me, middle Scarlette and right Louise, all smiling

Scarlette, Louise and myself

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I’m E, aka Deafie Blogger. I’m an award winning blogger and activist and I'm profoundly deaf! I'm a proud Phonak hEARo and I love inspiring deaf people. Read more on the 'About Me' page.

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“LIFE IS EITHER A DARING ADVENTURE OR NOTHING AT ALL” ~ Helen Keller Deafness doesn’t stop me from travelling and seeing the world... if anything it enhances it. There’s so much to experience, taking in all of the senses from the amazing sights, intriguing smells, touch and delicious taste of the local cuisine... sound doesn’t really need to come into it. The main obstacle I come across is communication, as always there are ways around it. With amazing hearing technologies and state of the art smartphones, they give us the skills to communicate and the facility to navigate new places. Simply using apps like Maps, Translate, Notes and searching the web, it’s amazing how we can overcome these barriers, whilst enjoying the adventure. Do you love travelling? How does it make you feel, and are there ways you overcome barriers during your travels? #travel #deaf #deafness #holiday #adventure #hearingloss #hearinglosswontstopme #travelling #access #accessibility #communication #language #barrier #deaftravel #prague #czechrepublic #phonak #lifeison @phonak @hearinglikeme_

Last night was a DREAM! I organised very first RAD Live Show as @royal_deaf Events Coordinator... everyone smashed it! Wouldn’t have done it without my amazing colleagues #TeamRAD ! It was incredible to finally meet @fletchsignsong @presenterwayne and seeing @cfofficial and @missscardoug again! Scarlette was amazing as always! @mullallymusic @signkidgram @londondanceco @revolution_afr2 @puma_romina were fantastic to watch! Thank you @stagetext.insta for captioning and the stage interpreters did a great job! Let’s see what lies ahead for future events... maybe RAD Live 2! #radlive #teamrad #royaldeaf #deaf #hearingloss #deaftalent #proud #deafness #awareness #deafaware #accessible #hearinglosswontstopme #rosetheatre #rosetheatrekingston

I’m a big fan of accessible gadgets! Media content that’s subtitled, to apps that help in daily life and technology devices that give me that little bit of independence! I guess we’re that tech-savvy generation that loves anything that makes life easier! Sometimes... I must admit technology freaks me out! My dad just got into Amazon Alexa’s... right... you can see where I’m going with this! A deaf person + Alexa = match made in heaven... think again! I can ask Alexa so many questions, but not even able to hear the answer back as I can’t lipread her! Sometimes Alexa doesn’t even understand me saying ‘Alexa’... damn the ‘x’ with difficult pronounciation! why couldn’t you be called ‘Bob’ or something! Mind you, Siri doesn’t understand me at all! But still, the fact these devices are constantly listening to our lives and the fact these companies know everything we ask them - isn’t that spooky? I have a vibrating and flashing fire alarm which is brilliant - yet so rigorous and BRIGHT when it goes off! Slightly annoying when the family decide to change the smoke alarm batteries before you’ve even woke up, leaving you RUNNING downstairs screaming FIRE! 🔥 to your family laughing and apologising that they forgot the alarm was linked up to my bedroom..! I’ve had my fair share of funny technology stories, what are yours? I’d love to hear them below! If you have any recommendations for favourite products please share too! #accessible #technology #deaf #deafness #hearingloss #access #independence #hearinglosswontstopme #deafiscool #devices #gadgets #lifeison

2019 BEST NINE! 🎉 Another incredible year is coming to an end! With 2020 on its way, I would’ve been blogging for half a DECADE! (May 2015) WOW! To all of my amazing followers, I couldn’t have done it without you guys! Starting from the very bottom with little writing experience, to blogging for 3 Deaf Websites and over 9000 fans on all social networks combined! I never dreamt this would happen... I’ve had tons of highlights there’s too many to name! The best has to be volunteering at a deaf school in Nepal earlier this summer! I hope 2020 will be another fun, enjoyable year! Have a great one... Cheers! 🙌🏻🎉 ••• #deaf #deafness #hearingloss #hearinglosswontstopme #deafiscool #phonakhearo #decade #deafandproud #highlights #2019 #2020

🎄Who’s feeling festive? 💎 This year has been a whirlwind! Is it me or has it flown by? I’ve been doing blogging for almost half a decade, wow! I’ve had so many amazing experiences this year, from passing my Level 2 British Sign Language qualification, to volunteering at a deaf school in Nepal with @wearevoluntears ... joining the fantastic #TeamRAD at @royal_deaf as their Events Coordinator, a role I love and is close to my heart! Meeting John Bishop and Russell Howard at @actiononhearingloss Laughing to Deaf Comedy Night... My #SubtitledCinema campaign having so much traction and I hope we will see many more subtitled cinema showings in 2020! And that’s not all! There’s too many memories to list... but I wouldn’t have done it without you all, my amazing followers! Thank you for all your support and I wish you a restful, Merry Christmas filled with joy! 💚 Let’s see what 2020 brings! #MerryChristmas #Festive #Christmas #2019 #2020 #Memories #deafandproud #deafness #hearingloss #hearinglosswontstopme #deafiscool #deafawareness #highlights

So much has happened with the #SubtitledCinema campaign this year... starting from my petition which has now reached over 13,000 signatures to media coverage, viral tweets and presentations to Industry leaders. Check out my blog (link in bio) with EVERYTHING you need to know about the campaign and what’s been happening in the media - it’s AMAZING how much has been done and I hope cinemas start to take notice that it’s not just me as an individual who wants this change, it’s millions of deaf and hard of hearing people too... • We’ve still got a long way to go as the cinemas are still refusing to bring the increase that we want... we’re only asking for at least one subtitled showing of each film per week, in peak times, or a dedicated screen for subtitled showings. There’s only a tiny increase being implemented at the moment, but it’s not enough to bring deaf people back to the cinema, especially with minimal advertising from the cinema chains themselves - meaning deaf people aren’t aware there’s even an increase. I can’t do all the work to bring deaf people back, it has to come from the cinemas themselves. • I would love to be able to go to the cinema on a regular basis with family and friends to see the latest new release, is it fair that I still have to miss out? • Please help me spread the word and work with the cinemas to bring about positive change. It’s a business opportunity cinemas are missing out on! • Check out my blog (link in bio) for ways you can get involved too! • #SubtitledCinema #Cinema #Captions #Subtitles #Campaign #Deaf #Deafness #HearingLoss #Deafandproud #equality #access #accessibility #subtitleit #subsincinemas

CAPTIONED @josephmusical at Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield was AMAZING! 🌈🧥 • It’s incredible to be able to follow the show with live captions with the lyrics, scripts and more! Just amazing to feel part of the experience and to enjoy it like everyone else! I wish more theatre shows and cinema screenings were captioned so I could enjoy this on a regular basis! Thank you @stagetext.insta for putting it on! • Next week is Captioning Awareness Week! Don’t forget to share your stories and they’d love to hear your first captioning experiences! Use #capaware19 • Now I’m singing along in my head... “Give meee my coloured coaaat, my AMAZINGGG coloured coaaaat!”🎵 • #captioning #captions #deaf #hearingloss #deafness #deafawareness #inclusion #equality #access #accessibility #subtitles #subtitling #theatre #entertainment

Throwback to volunteering at Srijana Deaf School in Nepal... one of the best life experiences! • I loved spending time with the children, doing activities like this painting workshop and learning Nepali Sign Language! There’s a lovely warm feeling of giving back to the community which to see their smiles makes it all worthwhile. • I adored how proud all the deaf children were of their culture, beautifully expressing their sign language whilst communicating with each other in an awe-inspiring way. • It also hit home when I saw the pure joy on their faces when we gifted them simple things like toys, sports and arts equipment to them is a gift they’d never dream of... something which we take for granted and made me very grateful for the life I have. • I’m definitely up for doing something like this again... when and where, who knows! • I totally recommend doing these experiences and checking out organisations like @wearevoluntears who run incredible trips for deaf people or people who wish to help out in the deaf community. These trips are a great way of seeing the world, making new friends who you’ll keep in touch with and memories to treasure for years to come! (not an ad!) • #volunteering #volunteeringoverseas #wearevoluntears #voluntears #nepal #deaf #srijanadeafschool #pokhara #deafness #deafiscool #deafawareness #hearinglosswontstopme #deafandproud #lifeison

Can deaf people drive? Of course they can! 🚘 • One of the biggest misconceptions is that you need to be able to hear to drive a car... not true! It’s all about the vibrations, visuals and being alert! Deaf people often tend to have a quicker reaction time as they rely more on their stronger sense; their eyes! • I love driving! It gives me independence, something which is quite hard to find in this inaccessible society we live in. Having the freedom to travel where I want, when I want is amazing! Plus, not having to rely on my parents to cart me around everywhere! • There’s ways round the obstacles faced with driving like having accessible lessons with a deaf aware instructor, with allowances made in driving exams... to fitting a lipreading mirror in your car to read your passenger’s lips (swipe for photo), to being prepared in an emergency with text SMS and accessible breakdown cover. Always be visually alert, checking your mirrors, thats how you pick up the emergency sirens! For people honking... it doesn’t matter, they’re usually ignorant! • My motto: “Deaf people can do anything they dream of, don’t let their deafness stand in their way!” so if you’re thinking of taking your test, there’s no stopping you! • I’ve written lots of blogs about #driving with #deafness , running a car and how to tackle the driving test! Links in bio • #deaf #hearingloss #deafness #driving #drive #learningtodrive #hearinglosswontstopme #deafandproud #deafiscool #independent #deafawareness #misconceptions

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