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Paul Michaels

@drpaulam

Work: Interpreter, researcher, supervisor & assessor. Researcher (Phd) interests: Sign Language, Sign Language Interpreting, Gender & Work, Supervision, Deaf LGBT+

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Fingerspelling as a pathway to deaf childrenโ€™s reading: a scoping review academic.oup.com/jdsde/articl...

03.12.2025 14:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Journal article: 'Physiotherapistsโ€™ perceptions regarding the challenges faced by patients with deafness in accessing rehabilitative care in South Africa.' tinyurl.com/37b8bamf

14.10.2025 14:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

'Interpreting for deaf children in health care settings: An exploration of challenges and strategies' - a new publication by two UK colleagues, Naomi Cherubin and Rachel Mapson. goo.gl/scholar/ardbtp

06.10.2025 01:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Day 2 of SLCVC at University of Birmingham.

22.08.2025 07:57 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Now time for the interesting posters at SLCVC.

21.08.2025 15:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Happy to be at #SLCVC at the University of Birmingham and presenting with Abigail Gorman.

21.08.2025 12:29 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Earlier this year I had the honour of being asked to be on the โ€˜Interpreters Workshopโ€™ podcast hosted by Tim Curry. You can listen to the episodes (IW147 - 150) on the website (interpretersworkshop.com/podcast) or through Spotify (open.spotify.com/playlist/6j5...).

12.08.2025 14:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Great weekend in Paris attending @eflsi training on IS at INJS.

23.03.2025 18:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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For all the sociologists out thereโ€ฆ

21.03.2025 16:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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SLCVC2025 Conference

Deadlines for abstracts for the first ever Sign Language Contact, Variation and Change conference at @unibirmingham.bsky.social is 30 March!

sites.google.com/view/slcvc-w...

13.03.2025 10:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 19 ๐Ÿ” 12 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Living in Thailand I can use Google Translate between Thai and English. When it comes to Thai Sign Language, I have to rely on IS. Thankfully I am doing the @efsli IS training!

13.02.2025 06:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Excited to virtually share my poster with everyone at #TISLR15

16.01.2025 07:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 10 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Presented (remotely) at #TISLR15 on how to find continuer backchannels in Swedish Sign Language corpus data from distributional patterns.

Slides are available at borstell.github.io/presentation... but for the full picture, please the published paper in the quoted post:

bsky.app/profile/cbor...

16.01.2025 12:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 23 ๐Ÿ” 8 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Where Can I Sign My Language?: A Systematic Literature Review (2000โ€“2019) of Young People's Access to Sign Language Socialisation Spaces in the Nordic Countries | Disability Studies Quarterl...

New article is out! What's the right to learn sign language and a right to education in sign language worth, if you don't have the right to access or interact with other people who speak the same language? (with Johan Hjulstad, Ingjerd L. ร˜demark and Patrick Kermit) doi.org/10.18061/dsq...

16.12.2024 09:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 49 ๐Ÿ” 24 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 6 ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

I've only just gone and created an Interpreting Starter Pack. Here's hoping it will grow.
#1nt
bsky.app/starter-pack...

26.11.2024 10:31 ๐Ÿ‘ 12 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 3 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Conferencia Regional de Traductores, Intรฉrpretes y Guรญa Intรฉrpretes 2025 | waslilac2025 Conferencia Regional de Traductores, Intรฉrpretes y Guรญa Intรฉrpretes 2025

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26.11.2024 17:46 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 4 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Our previous @justisigns2 project led to recommendations for specific funded services to support violence against deaf women and girls: www.gov.scot/binaries/con...

BSL version of the report: youtu.be/QSQgj0e1LUE?...

28.11.2024 18:16 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Welcome

SignHealth are looking for a new Chief Executive: www.signhealth-ceo.co.uk

22.11.2024 14:20 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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RIT/NTIDโ€™s Certificate in International Sign Interpreting launches Feb 2025! ๐ŸŒ Open to Deaf & hearing interpreters.

REMINDER: Applications close 30 Nov 2024!

Learn more: www.rit.edu/ntid/aslie/c...

19.11.2024 06:22 ๐Ÿ‘ 27 ๐Ÿ” 6 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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New to BlueSky. Want to read a summary of my PhD in one page? Here is an image. For a full version, please visit etheses.dur.ac.uk/15205/

18.11.2024 20:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0