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Deafness Matters
A film has been produces featuring deaf and hearing impaired youngsters hoping to reach out and make the public more aware of what it is like to be deaf. The film project has been produced to reach out to other hearing impaired people organisations involved with deafness and also the general public. Called, Deafness Matters, the DVD came out of a discussion between two mothers whose children are hearing impaired, Fran Simmons, a Trustee of Oxfordshire Deaf Children's Society and Erika Stevenson, a film producer and director. They thought it would be valuable to run a life skills and confidence building project for 15 to 18 year olds to help prepare them for the challenges of leaving school, higher education and entering the world of work. "As a film maker, I thought it would be great to combine the team building project with a film, where the young people could have fun learning film making skills as well," said Erika, "Several of the young people had cochlear implants, some people signed but didn't lip read, some could lip read but didn?t sign and there were two hearing siblings." Using role-play, the young people acted out scenarios based on their own experiences, including buying a ticket at a train station, a job interview and not being understood, having a driving lesson with an unsympathetic driving instructor and interviewing people in the street, asking questions, such as, "what do you think it is like to deaf?" "We'd like the film to be used by universities, schools and the Library Service and teachers of the deaf, as well as parents who find out that their child is deaf," said Erika. Copies of the DVD are available at www.erikastevenson.co.uk
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