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Details for Dr Paddy Ladd
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| Name | Dr Paddy Ladd | ||||||
| Job title | Visiting Fellow |
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| Department | Centre for Deaf Studies University of Bristol |
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| Contact details | This expert can be contacted via the University of Bristol Public Relations
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| Qualifications | BA, MSc(R'dg), MA(Lond), PhD(Bristol) | ||||||
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| Membership of professional bodies | University and College Union (UCU) British Deaf Association (BDA) |
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| Keywords | Deaf Deafhood BSL culture arts education politics activism |
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| Areas of expertise | Developing my Deafhood concept to effect a paradigm shift in how Deaf people are perceived and treated. This includes the subjects of Deaf culture, Deaf history, Sign languages as minority languages, Linguistic and cultural human rights, Deaf arts, Deaf education and Deaf pedagogies, Deaf epistemologies. |
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| Media experience | Presenter, TV programmes on various channels (BBC, ITV, Channel 4) 1979 - 85. Researcher and director, 'Link' (ITV), 'See Hear' (BBC) 1980-85. Actor, Channel 4 1987. Interviewee, various Deaf TV programmes in UK, USA, Germany, Australia etc, 1979 - date. Subject of profiles in the Guardian, the Big Issue, Sunday Times etc - 2003 - date. |
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