Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 29 June 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Disability Matters
World Health Organization World Report on Hearing: Irish Deaf Society
Dr. John Bosco Conama:
If I can add to that, I am not sure whether members have watched a brilliant programme on the BBC called "Rose Ayling-Ellis: Signs for Change". Rose, who is deaf, won the "Strictly Come Dancing" programme. It is a really interesting programme about her experience. She went through mainstream school and did not learn British Sign Language, BSL. She later did so and has fully embraced BSL. I strongly recommend members watch it and that any parents of deaf children who are considering mainstream school for their children do so as well. I am sorry, I do not want to be promoting the BBC. I have no interest in the BBC. I just thought it was a great portrayal of her experience.
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