Lipreading Awareness Week – Evolution of Communication
This year, I am celebrating a decade as a deaf person. I say ‘celebrating’ very specifically… 10 years ago, when I lost my hearing, I
Lipreading Awareness Week – Lipspeakers and me
I have used lipspeakers for twenty years to provide communication support in the workplace, to readily access information which is all too often taken for
Lipreading Awareness Week – All about the Lips
All Eyes on the Lips! or It’s all about the Lips! When you think of lipreading and lipspeaking you notice that they are intertwined. Both
Lipreading Awareness Week – Extraordinary Blog
As a child, I was always an avid reader, perhaps because my general lack of coordination meant I was so terrible at sport. I read
Lipreading Awareness Week – Living with Hearing Loss
A bit about me first. I noticed I was losing my hearing in the 1980’s I was only in my 30s. This took me by
Lipspeaking Tour in Queen’s Gallery
Feel like royalty as you explore in the Queen’s Gallery with Lipspeaker support provided by Lesley Weatherson. Lipspeaker UK Ltd and Royal Collection Trust are
Hampshire Deaf Access Information
Please find below a number of hyperlinks to the Hampshire Constabulary website, their Facebook page, Twitter account, and the YouTube channel for Hampshire Police Link Officers for
Future lipspeaker students attend selection day
A total of 22 people have now applied for our next lipspeaking training course in Birmingham. As numbers are limited, the competition for places was
ALAS celebrates first year!
Lipspeaker UK Ltd Director, Lesley Weatherson is celebrating a successful first year as Chair of the Association of Lipspeakers with Additional Sign (ALAS). After establishing
They’ve nearly qualified!
Twelve lipspeaking students started their training in September 2016 and took their final exams in October 2017. We are all waiting with excitement for the
Celebrating the life of Diana Barimore
For anyone who could not attend the funeral of Diana in person, please do visit the Association of Lipspeakers with Additional Sign (ALAS) website where
Remembering dear Diana
To Diana Writing about Diana in the past tense does not come easily. As a friend and colleague she was part of my life in
