This week, our intrepid quarter-life chroniclers spoke with the wonderful Bengi-Sue Sirin who, alongside her work in education, is also a member of the Deaf community.
It was a really powerful, interesting and inspiring conversation about the struggles that deaf people are still facing today, the stigmas she has personally fought back against, and why you should never judge a Pot Noodle consumer!
In a Quarter-Life Chronicles first, and as part of our pledge to make our podcast as accessible as we can, we will also be providing a transcript for this episode alongside its release.
We have also worked with Bengi-Sue to collate a list of useful resources and links which focus on the topics discussed in this episode:
Non-Fictional Literature:
Oliver Sacks: Seeing Voices (A Journey into the World of the Deaf)
Dr Paddy Ladd: Understanding Deaf Culture: In Search of Deafhood
Fictional (Poetry):
Ilya Kaminsky: Deaf Republic
Raymond Antrobus: The Perseverance
Lisa Kelly: A Map Towards Fluency
Charities:
NDCS (National Deaf Children’s Society) https://www.ndcs.org.uk/
BDA (British Deaf Association) https://bda.org.uk/
Commerce:
https://thedeafmarket.com/store/honest-yarn/ (Website promoting Deaf creators/designers work)
Media & BSL:
Social Media & Activists:
https://twitter.com/jamesjoeboyle?s=08
https://twitter.com/thatdeafgirlkj?s=08
https://twitter.com/paulntulila?s=08
https://www.bslzone.co.uk/watch/close-up-series-1/close-up-3-kevin-buckle
Original music by Lyle Fulton. Artwork by Gibbs Ink.
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