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Useful websites > Listings

Each website is scaled in "Ease of use" and "Relevance". Please note the scales below and choose from the categories below

Scale

• Ease of use 1-5
• Relevance 1-5

Categories

1. Access to work
2. Disability Discrimination Act (DDA)
3. Deafness and Deaf issues
4. Dictionaries
5. Employment and the workplace
6. Government/Council
7. Trainings

Access to work

• Deaf in Sussex
• http://www.deafinsussex.info/Access to Work.htm
• The only way to access this information is to click on the link above. If you click on home you cannot get back to the information supplied on the above link. Text based summarised information on ATW.
  • Ease of use - 1
  • Relevance - 1

• Hands on Access
• http://www.deafdebate.com/xhtml/Default.asp?PageName=1
• Consutlancy group
• Info on DDA and ATW.
• Text based
  • Ease of use - 3
  • Relevance - 2
    

• Together it works
• http://www.togetheritworks.org.uk/html/advice/access_to_work.htm
• Training website from RNID and Barclays. Text and signed video only about mentoring and training. Text information about ATW
  • Ease of use - 3
  • Relevance - 3
    

• Working without Hearing
• http://www.workingwithouthearing.com
• Website aimed at those who have lost their hearing. Text based with some information on DDA and ATW. Click on employment tips
• http://www.workingwithouthearing.com/e/access.htm
  • Ease of use - 2
  • Relevance - 2

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Disability Discrimination Act (DDA)

• Disability Rights Commission
• http://www.drc-gb.org/open 4all/
• Very Text based website. Lot of information given about the DDA, codes of practice and regulations.
• http://www.drc-gb.org/thelaw/thedda.asp
• http://www.drc-gb.org/thelaw/index.asp
• Information for Employers and Employees
• http://www.drc-gb.org/businessandservices/index.asp
• http://www.drc.org.uk/knowyourrights/index.asp
  • Ease of use - 3
  • Relevance - 3
    

• Department of Work and Pensions (DWP)
• http://www.dwp.gov.uk/
• Department of work and pensions, website with information on the DDA
• http://www.dwp.gov.uk/employers/dda/
  • Ease of use - 2
  • Relevance - 1

• Employers forum
• http://www.employers-forum.co.uk/www/index.htm
• The Employers' Forum on Disability makes it easier to recruit Deaf and disabled employees and to serve Deaf and disabled customers. Contains useful information about the DDA. Text based. Easy to use.
• http://www.employers-forum.co.uk/www/guests/info/factsheets/sheet1.htm
  • Ease of use - 4
  • Relevance - 2
    

• Government version on disability
• http://www.disability.gov.uk/dda/
• Government website on disability including short summarised accounts of the DDA with links to down load full documentation.
• http://www.disability.gov.uk/law.html
  • Ease of use - 2
  • Relevance - 1
    

• Hands on access
• http://www.deafdebate.com/xhtml/Default.asp?PageName=1
• Consutlancy group
• Info on DDA and ATW.
• Text based
  • Ease of use - 3
  • Relevance - 2
    

• RAD
• http://www.royaldeaf.org.uk
• The Quick Guides section contains information about, equipment for Deaf people, DDA, Deaf Awareness activities for children, BSL and ATW.
• http://www.royaldeaf.org.uk/simple13.htm
  • Ease of use - 4
  • Relevance - 3
    

• Remark
• http://www.remarkaccess.co.uk/home.htm
• Text and BSL video clips of the DDA. Fairly easy to use website though a bit confusing. You need to click onto the training section and then on to the ‘click here’ to view the training room and on the top menu bar you will find different sections that will contain BSL translation, though the menu on the top bar will change every time you click onto a different section. Very difficult to find but once found very useful information, e.g. information on DDA .
• http://www.remarkaccess.co.uk/dda.htm
  • Ease of use - 1
  • Relevance - 2

• RNID
• http://www.rnid.org.uk
• Very text based website but has good information on the DDA which has both text and BSL summarising each chapter of the DDA duty for employers.
• http://www.hearing.org.uk/html/information/dda/ddaguide.htm
• DDA and how it effects employing Deaf people, provision of communication support, equipment etc.
  • Ease of use - 3
  • Relevance - 3
    
    

• Working without Hearing
• http://www.workingwithouthearing.com
• Website aimed at those who have lost their hearing. Text based with some information on DDA and ATW. Click on employment tips.
  • Ease of use - 2
  • Relevance - 2

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Deafness & Deaf issues

• BDA
• http://www.britishdeafassociation.org.uk
• Text based fact sheet from the BDA tracing the history of sign language from Milan 1880 to BSL recognition in 2003.
  • Ease of use - 3
  • Relevance - 1
    

• Deaf Sign
• http://www.deafsign.com/ds/
• Contains a FAQ list, Common Myths about Deafness and general information on Deafness and a section on Deaf Awareness. BSL interactive section includes: finger spelling pictures, pictures of signs and a multiple choice quiz
  • Ease of use - 3
  • Relevance - 2
    
    

• Forest books
• http://www.forestbooks.com/system/index.html
• Online bookshop with many titles ranging from learning sign language to deaf people in the community to fiction.
  • Ease of use - 2
  • Relevance - 1
    

• Sign community
• http://www.signcommunity.org.uk/
• Completely sign based website with signed information on community, language, action and much more. News is not available in sign.
  • Ease of use - 4
  • Relevance - 1
    

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Dictionaries

• BSL Dictionary
• http://www.learnbsl.org/index2.html
• Aimed at children, using virtual signers, no instructions on how to use. Move the mouse over the buttons to find the categories and signs. Easy to use once you know how.
  • Ease of use - 4
  • Relevance - 1
    

• BritishSignLanguage.com
• http://www.britishsignlanguage.com/
• Easy to use, all text except the list of words. The dictionary video is very jerky more like animation than video and not natural, but also gives a description of how to sign the words. Easy to navigate.
  • Ease of use - 2
  • Relevance - 1
    

• Building Signs
• http://www.builtenvsigns.ac.uk/
• Useful website to look up building, construction, and engineering signs. BSL video, text and pictorial descriptions of words.
  • Ease of use - 4
  • Relevance - 1

• Engineering Signs
• http://www.engineeringsigns.ac.uk/
• Useful website to look up engineering signs. BSL video, text and pictorial descriptions of words.
  • Ease of use - 4
  • Relevance - 1

• RNID
• Interactive Signs – 21 categories with video clips of people signing 1 or 2 signs for each category. Animated finger spelling where you can type your text in to see how to fingerspell it. Some signs too artificial.
• http://www.rnid.org.uk
  • Ease of use - 3
  • Relevance - 2
    
    

• Science Signs
• http://www.sciencesigns.ac.uk/home_glossary.asp
• Useful website to look up science signs, BSL video, text and pictorial descriptions of words.
  • Ease of use - 4
  • Relevance - 1
    

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Employment and the workplace

• Deaf and Creative
• http://www.deafandcreative.ac.uk/content.asp?CategoryID=68
• Text only website aimed at Deaf school leavers, but useful section on employing a Deaf person.
  • Ease of use - 3
  • Relevance - 2
    
    

• Deaf Aware
• http://www.deafaware.com
• Site to advertise Deaf Awareness business of training in the workplace to make it more Deaf aware. Useful link on workplace tips.
• http://www.deafaware.com/Documents/WorkplaceTips.doc
  • Ease of use - 2
  • Relevance - 2

• Employers Forum
• http://www.employers-forum.co.uk/www/index.htm
• The Employers' Forum on Disability makes it easier to recruit Deaf and disabled employees and to serve Deaf and disabled customers. Text based. Easy to use.
• http://www.employers-forum.co.uk/www/guests/info/factsheets/sheet1.htm
  • Ease of use - 4
  • Relevance - 2
    
    

• RAD Learning/RADteen
• Website for Deaf teenagers giving advice on careers, money, and travel, including ATW. Mainly text based but click on underlined words for sign and meaning.
• http://www.radlearning.org.uk/dteen/jcp3.htm
  • Ease of use - 2
  • Relevance - 2
    

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Government/Council

• Bristol City Council
• http://www.bristol-city.gov.uk
• Bristol city council website with information for Deaf people in BSL on a range of topics including, benefit, housing and services.
  • Ease of use - 3
  • Relevance - 2
    

• Department of Work and Pensions (DWP)
• http://www.dwp.gov.uk/
• Department of work and pensions, website with information on the DDA
• http://www.dfes.gov.uk/curriculum_literacy/access/hear/
• http://www.dfes.gov.uk/curriculum_literacy/
• Department for education and skills website with information on Deaf learners and workers and their needs.
  • Ease of use - 2
  • Relevance - 1
    

• Government website on disability
• http://www.disability.gov.uk/dda/
• Government website on disability including short summarised accounts of the DDA with links to down load full documentation.
• http://www.disability.gov.uk/law.html
  • Ease of use - 2
  • Relevance - 1
    

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Training

• Hands on Access
• http://www.deafdebate.com/xhtml/Default.asp?PageName=1
• Consutlancy group
• Text based
  • Ease of use - 3
  • Relevance - 2
    

• RAD
• http://www.royaldeaf.org.uk
• Very text based contains information on BSL, what is it, where you can learn it.
  The getting started section has pictures of alphabet, useful work survival signs and numbers.
  • Ease of use - 4
  • Relevance - 3
    
    

• Remark!
• http://www.remarkaccess.co.uk/home.htm
• Text and BSL video clips of the DDA. Fairly easy to use website though a bit confusing. You need to click onto the training section and then on to the ‘click here’ to view the training room and on the top menu bar you will find different sections that will contain BSL translation, though the menu on the top bar will change every time you click onto a different section.
  • Ease of use - 1
  • Relevance - 2
    

• Together it works
• http://www.togetheritworks.org.uk
• Training website from RNID and Barclays
• Text and signed video only about mentoring and training.
  • Ease of use - 3
  • Relevance - 2
    

• Zebra Uno
• http://www.zebra-uno.com/index.htm
• Text based with some BSL interpretation. Quality of BSL videos poor, small window, but signer is excellent. Contains some information about DDA and Deaf Awareness. Mainly to advertise their training and information days.
  • Ease of use - 1
  • Relevance - 2