{"id":3406,"date":"2024-05-06T08:51:00","date_gmt":"2024-05-06T07:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/?p=3406"},"modified":"2024-05-02T14:55:23","modified_gmt":"2024-05-02T13:55:23","slug":"deaf-awareness-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2024\/05\/06\/deaf-awareness-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Deaf Awareness Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/deaf-1-970x640-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3407\" width=\"322\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/deaf-1-970x640-1.jpg 970w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/deaf-1-970x640-1-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/70\/2024\/05\/deaf-1-970x640-1-768x507.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 322px) 85vw, 322px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Post submitted by Caitlin, Student Experience Ambassador<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Deaf Awareness Week serves as a poignant reminder to embrace diversity and foster understanding within our communities. This year, Deaf Awareness Week takes place from 6<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0May-12<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0May. This annual observance empowers us to recognize the challenges faced by individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, while also celebrating their unique perspectives and contributions. Through education, advocacy and empathy, we can break down barriers and promote inclusivity in all aspects of society. It&#8217;s a time to amplify awareness, learn sign language and champion accessibility initiatives.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Post submitted by Caitlin, Student Experience Ambassador Deaf Awareness Week serves as a poignant reminder to embrace diversity and foster understanding within our communities. This year, Deaf Awareness Week takes place from 6th\u00a0May-12th\u00a0May. This annual observance empowers us to recognize the challenges faced by individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing, while also celebrating &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/2024\/05\/06\/deaf-awareness-week-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Deaf Awareness Week&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":572,"featured_media":3408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[246],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-commemorative-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3406","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/572"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3406"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3406\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3409,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3406\/revisions\/3409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.bham.ac.uk\/culturalcalendar\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}