Monday 30 June 2014

Online Grove for deaf druids

How this work if I set up a grove online for Deaf Druids?
I am sure we are branch out.. All over England, Scotland and Wales...  Too expensive for us to travel on a regular basis.. Some of us may rely on public transport.. Train, bus or even coach.. These cost more money!

I would love to have collections of video clips of:
stories
poems
skills
Information

Online ritual would be great if we could?

I would prefer it to be in BSL not ASL as this would be focus for UK pagan.. Hearing signers would be made welcome.

I would like the Grove to be called "Deaf Ash Grove" as I have Ash tree growing beautiful in my garden which seems to fit in.

any comments?

Sunday 29 June 2014

Deaf witch from Derby refuse access

On the 5th March 2004, a group who claim to promote an ethical approach to Wicca
in the UK are holding a national event at Fairfield Halls in Corydon. It is
expected to attract hundreds of people with talks, workshops and a huge
collection of market stalls. The event is due to finish with a ball until
one in the morning.Crystal Rose, a Deaf Witch from Derby wanted to go to this event with some
friends but was concerned that she would not be able to make the most of it
without a BSL communicator. She is also a founding member of the SignPagan
project which aims to increase Deaf access to alternative-faiths and events
across the country.When SignPagan contacted Children of Artemis, the group responsible for this
event, they were unresponsive. Eventually they claimed that Fairfield Halls
would be too small to accommodate a BSL communicator, despite the event
attracting hundreds of people. Children of Artemis then explained that the
only way that the group would be allowed to bring a communicator or
interpreter would be if they bought them a ticket. Even after receiving all
of the information regarding the Disability Discrimination Act, they still
refused to make any allowances and eventually stopped responding.SignPagan contacted Fairfield Halls to ask for their opinion as the venue
provider. An official at Fairfield explained that according to their
disability access policy, a person in a wheelchair must pay for a ticket but
their attendant does not have to pay because they are viewed as a service
and not a consumer, they did not see why this should be any different for a
Deaf person with a communicator.