MP warns Welsh deaf about tattooed Preacher

A TORY MP has warned Britons to be wary of claims made by a Canadian preacher who says he can cure cancer and raise the dead.

The Preacher said “I prayed for 139 deaf mutes and we had 139 deaf and mute people hear and speak for the first time. Some people say miracles are not possible but for me it’s impossible that someone is not healed.”

Thousands have been flocking to hear tattooed former Hell’s Angel Todd Bentley speak at a church in Cwmbran in South Wales, where he is holding revivalist meetings until Thursday. Last Thursday night he told his audience he had brought 33 people back from the dead and cured more than 100 deaf mutes of their handicap.

Tory MP David Davies, whose Monmouth constituency covers part of Cwmbran, said: “I go to church and respect Christian beliefs, but I am concerned that some of the claims made by Mr Bentley are far fetched and should be treated cautiously.”
Evangelist Bentley, 35, says he had a “miraculous conversion” which saved him from “youth prisons, drugs, sex, satanic music and bondage”. He told his audience: “In 13 years of preaching we’ve had 33 stories of resurrections from the dead – 20 of them medically verified.

“Everywhere we go we get testimony from someone who has been close to death, had stage four cancer or some incurable terminal condition and received a miracle.
“There would be nights where 30 people would get out of wheelchairs, incredible miracles, thousands of people would be saved every day.

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Mae AS Torïaidd Brythoniaid wedi rhybuddio i fod yn wyliadwrus o honiadau a wneir gan bregethwr o Ganada sy'n dweud y gall gwella canser a chodi y meirw.

Dywedodd y Pregethwr "Rwy'n gweddïo am 139 mutes fyddar ac roedd gennym 139 o bobl fyddar a mud gwrando a siarad am y tro cyntaf. Mae rhai pobl yn dweud nad gwyrthiau yn bosibl, ond i mi, mae'n amhosibl nad yw rhywun yn gwella. "

Mae miloedd wedi bod yn heidio i glywed tatŵ Hell hen Angel Todd Bentley siarad mewn eglwys yng Nghwmbrân yn Ne Cymru, lle mae'n cynnal cyfarfodydd diwygiwr tan ddydd Iau. Nos Iau diwethaf dywedodd wrth ei gynulleidfa ei fod wedi dod â 33 o bobl yn ôl o fwy na 100 o marw a byddar mutes halltu eu handicap.

Dywedodd AS Ceidwadol David Davies, y mae ei Mynwy etholaeth yn cynnwys rhan o Gwmbrân,: "Rwy'n mynd i'r eglwys a pharchu credoau Cristnogol, ond yr wyf yn pryderu bod rhai o'r honiadau a wnaed gan Bentley Mr yn llawer annhebygol a dylid eu trin yn ofalus."
Bentley Efengylwr, 35, yn dweud ei fod wedi cael "trosi gwyrthiol" a achubodd ef o "garchardai ieuenctid, cyffuriau, rhyw, satanic cerddoriaeth a caethiwed". Dywedodd wrth ei gynulleidfa: "Yn ystod 13 mlynedd o bregethu ein bod wedi cael 33 storïau am resurrections oddi wrth y meirw - 20 ohonyn nhw wirio feddygol.

"Traed ydym yn mynd i ni gael tystiolaeth gan rywun sydd wedi bod yn agos i farwolaeth, roedd pedwar cam canser neu ryw gyflwr anwelladwy derfynell a derbyniodd gwyrth.
"Byddai nosweithiau lle byddai pobl yn 30 fynd allan o'r cadeiriau olwyn, gwyrthiau anhygoel, byddai miloedd o bobl yn cael eu cadw bob dydd.

Batteries By Post.

PEOPLE in the Ammanford area who are hard of hearing are being urged to take advantage of a new postal service.

Alan Graham, chairman of the Ammanford Hard Of Hearing group, had complained that members could obtain batteries for their hearing aids only by travelling to Amman Valley Hospital in Glanaman or Prince Philip Hospital in Llanelli.

“It’s not a good situation when people in other counties can obtain batteries from their own GPs,” he said.

“A lot of people cannot afford the cost to travel to these hospitals.

But having been approached by the Guardian, a Hywel Dda Health spokesperson confirmed users could now have batteries delivered directly to their homes.

“A postal service has been set up so that patients can send an SAE to the audiology department in Prince Philip Hospital when the time for a new battery nears,” she said.

“Supplying batteries by post has a number of advantages and is more flexible for service users.”

Service users or their carers can call 01554 783188 for more information.

Pity this phone number is NOT deaf accessible !!

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Roedd Alan Graham, cadeirydd y Rhydaman Trwm eu Clyw O blith grŵp, cwynodd y gallai aelodau gael batris ar gyfer eu cymhorthion clyw yn unig gan deithio i Ysbyty Dyffryn Aman yng Nglanaman neu Ysbyty'r Tywysog Philip yn Llanelli.

"Nid yw'n sefyllfa dda pan fydd pobl mewn siroedd eraill yn cael batris o theirown feddygon teulu," meddai.

"Ni all llawer o bobl fforddio'r gost i deithio i ysbytai hyn.

Ond wedi cael eu cysylltu gan y Guardian, llefarydd Hywel Dda Iechyd gadarnhau gallai defnyddwyr yn awr batris a gyflwynir yn uniongyrchol at eu cartrefi.

"Mae gwasanaeth post wedi cael ei sefydlu fel y gall cleifion anfon amlen i'r adran awdioleg yn Ysbyty Tywysog Philip pan fydd yr amser ar gyfer tynnu tua'r batri newydd," meddai.

"Cyflenwi batris yn y post Mae nifer o fanteision ac yn fwy hyblyg ar gyfer defnyddwyr gwasanaeth."

Gall defnyddwyr gwasanaeth neu eu gofalwyr ffoniwch 01554 783188 am fwy o wybodaeth.

Biti NID yw'r rhif ffôn yw fyddar hygyrch!!

Gwent Foster Mum top BSL learner

A ROGERSTONE foster mother was named UK Learner of the Year for her dedication to learn sign language for one of her foster children.

Lesley Bellew, 40, has been fostering children for the last six years but began learning British Sign Language (BSL) at the start of the year after taking on a four-year-old foster daughter who is deaf.

She passed her level one award in British Sign Language at the CHIIC Sign Language Centre in Newport, and is already working on level two to make sure she stays ahead of her foster daughter's development.

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Roedd Mae maeth Rogerstone mam a enwir DU Dysgwr y Flwyddyn am ei hymroddiad i ddysgu iaith arwyddion ar gyfer un o'i phlant maeth.

Lesley Bellew, 40, wedi bod yn maethu plant ar gyfer y chwe blynedd diwethaf, ond dechreuodd ddysgu Iaith Arwyddion Prydain (BSL) ar ddechrau'r flwyddyn ar ôl cymryd ar merch maeth pedair blwydd oed sy'n fyddar.

Mae hi'n pasio ei ddyfarnu un lefel mewn Iaith Arwyddion Prydain yn y Ganolfan Iaith Arwyddion CHIIC yng Nghasnewydd, ac mae eisoes yn gweithio ar lefel dau i wneud yn siŵr ei bod yn aros ar y blaen datblygu ei merch maeth.

Consultation Access on Organ donation.

Tuesday, December 13, 2011
Time 7:30pm until 9:00pm
Where:

Sports Wales National Centre, Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, CF11 9SW

For those not yet aware of the Assembly's desire to allow the YES to organ donation on death, UNLESS you have made a point of opting out first. The proposal would mean if you didn't opt out, then regardless if relatives were against, they could still be overruled.

NOTICE:

The Welsh Government are currently consulting on Organ and Tissue
Donation. Three of these events are have BSL/English Interpreters and
a palantypist present.

This is probably the first time the Welsh Government has made a
consultation event (that is not directly related to disability)
accessible. So Deaf and hard of hearing people should support it and go along. If you know of any deaf people in west Wales, please could you pass details of this event on.

The proposed changes will effect everybody so also a useful way of
knowing what these are and giving your views.

The white paper can be found here

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Dydd Mawrth 13 Rhagfyr, 2011
Amser 7:30 tan 9:00
Ble:

Chwaraeon Cymru Canolfan Genedlaethol, Gerddi Sophia, Caerdydd, CF11 9SW

Ar gyfer y rhai nad ydynt eto yn ymwybodol o'r dymuniad y Cynulliad i ganiatáu i'r IE i roi organau ar farwolaeth, ONI BAI eich bod wedi gwneud pwynt o ddewis yn gyntaf. Byddai'r cynnig yn golygu os na wnaethoch chi optio allan, yna ni waeth os perthnasau yn erbyn, y gellid eu dal yn gwrthod.

RHYBUDD:

Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wrthi'n ymgynghori ar Organ a Meinweoedd
Rhodd. Mae tri o'r digwyddiadau hyn yn cael Dehonglwyr BSL / Saesneg a
anrheg palanteipydd.

Mae'n debyg mai dyma'r tro cyntaf Llywodraeth Cymru wedi gwneud
(nad yw'n ymwneud yn uniongyrchol ag anabledd) digwyddiad ymgynghori
hygyrch. Felly dylai pobl fyddar a thrwm eu clyw ei gefnogi a mynd ar hyd. Os ydych yn gwybod am unrhyw bobl fyddar yng ngorllewin Cymru, a wnewch chi roi manylion y digwyddiad hwn ar.

Bydd y newidiadau arfaethedig yn cael effaith pawb, felly hefyd yn ffordd ddefnyddiol o
gwybod beth yw'r rhain a rhoi eich barn.

welsh deaf need minders ?

Following on from an complaint from Mr Cedric Moon of Cardiff who has drawn attention to the fact, deaf people were not being catered for in public buildings other than asked to provide an 'escort' or 'minder' in case of a fire. It would seem the Fire laws do not insist proper cover is in place for deaf visitors to public areas, or do they ?

If you take an example of a college, then pagers and flashing alerts are supposed to be an norm. Should not public building staff issue deaf people with alerts on entry ? Issue advice on entry to deaf people ? It's ludicrous they suggest we take 'care assistants' with us because they don't comply with fire access laws.

'Reasonable adjustment' surely has no place in saving life.... or do we issue a notice, "Deaf enter at their own risk ?"

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Yn dilyn cwyn gan Mr Cedric Moon o Gaerdydd sydd wedi tynnu sylw at y ffaith, nid yw pobl fyddar yn cael eu darparu ar eu cyfer mewn adeiladau cyhoeddus heblaw am ofyn i ddarparu 'hebryngwr' neu 'warchodwr' mewn achos o dân. Mae'n ymddangos nad yw'r cyfreithiau Tân yn mynnu gorchudd priodol yn ei le ar gyfer ymwelwyr byddar i mannau cyhoeddus, neu a ydynt?

Os ydych yn cymryd yn enghraifft o goleg, yna pagers a rhybuddion fflachio i fod i fod yn norm. Os nad adeilad cyhoeddus mater staff bobl fyddar gyda rhybuddion ar fynediad? Cyhoeddi cyngor ar fynediad i bobl fyddar? Mae'n chwerthinllyd maent yn awgrymu y byddwn yn eu cymryd 'cynorthwywyr gofal' gyda ni am nad ydynt yn cydymffurfio â deddfau mynediad tân.

'Addasiad rhesymol' yn sicr nad oes lle yn achub bywyd .... neu ydyn ni'n cyhoeddi hysbysiad, "Byddar mynd ar eu menter eu hunain?"

BSL signed telephony, NOT in Wales.

Seems like reservations on the entire Signed relay campaign in Wales was depressingly accurate..... Via VRS e.g, it was poor consultations, half of Wales ignored by VRS campaigns, controlled by London lobbies, allegations of american lobbying behind the scenes, and no explanation re regional welsh signed access either.... and now BT/Signvideo say we use it or lose it ? Use or lose WHAT exactly ? there IS no service here. Ergo, HOW do we test a system that isn't here ?

Wales: No SignVideo Access in this area yet.

If you wish to have one, please click here

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Ymddangos fel amheuon ar yr ymgyrch gyfan ras gyfnewid Llofnodwyd yng Nghymru yn ddigalon o gywir ..... Trwy VRS ee, roedd yn ymgynghoriadau wael, hanner Cymru hanwybyddu gan ymgyrchoedd VRS, a reolir gan cynteddau Llundain, honiadau o lobïo America tu ôl i'r llenni, ac nid oes unrhyw eglurhad ail mynediad rhanbarthol wedi'i lofnodi naill ai Cymraeg .... ac yn awr BT / Signvideo dweud ein bod yn ei ddefnyddio neu ei golli? Defnyddio neu golli BETH yn union? nid oes gwasanaeth YN yma. Ergo, SUT ydyn ni'n profi system nad yw'n cael ei yma?

Cymru: Mynediad SignVideo Dim yn y maes hwn eto.

Raising an Child with deafness

Deafness affects more than 2,000 children in Wales. Julia McWatt spoke to one mother about her experience of bringing up a child with impaired hearing

SINCE having her son Ioan nearly five years ago, Sasha Evans’ life has changed in more ways than she ever expected. Only a few weeks after Ioan was born Sasha was told that routine tests had revealed his hearing was severely impaired.

Since then, Sasha, 40, from Rumney, Cardiff, has taken examinations in sign language and given up her previous job working in post-16 education to work with deaf children in schools in Cardiff.

The mother of two also found that Ioan’s deafness posed a number of challenges in his upbringing that she had not anticipated.

She said: “We knew from the start about his hearing as he had all the screening. I had a C-Section a little bit earlier than expected, so he had a lot of tests and he failed the first few. He had quite a lot of fluid in the ears and at around six weeks old we were told that he had moderate hearing loss. That was a massive shock for us.

“He had a hearing aid put in at around six to eight weeks, so it was very early on. We felt that we wanted him to have a full spectrum of sound if possible and that’s what the hearing aids did. It gave him the hearing level of a normal-hearing child.


“The difficulty of that when Ioan was a baby was that I was breastfeeding and the hearing aid would fall off up to 40 or 50 times a day.

“Then, when he started teething he would chew it. I was never allowed to leave him alone as a hearing aid is in three parts and was a huge choking hazard.

“With a normal-hearing child you might be able to look away while you hang out the washing for instance but I could never do that with Ioan. This then made him very clingy. When he was two he wanted to go to playgroup and the separation was really hard for him as he was so used to being around us all of the time.”

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Byddardod effeithio ar fwy na 2,000 o blant yng Nghymru. Siaradodd Julia McWatt i un fam am ei phrofiad o fagu plentyn gyda nam ar eu clyw

ERS cael ei mab Ioan bron i bum mlynedd yn ôl, Sasha Evans 'mywyd wedi newid mewn mwy o ffyrdd nag erioed ei bod yn disgwyl. Dim ond ychydig wythnosau ar ôl Ioan ei eni Sasha Dywedwyd wrth y profion arferol wedi datgelu ei clyw oedd nam difrifol.

Ers hynny, Sasha, 40, o Tredelerch, Caerdydd, wedi cymryd arholiadau mewn iaith arwyddion ac yn rhoi'r gorau i'w swydd flaenorol yn gweithio mewn addysg ôl-16 i weithio gyda phlant byddar mewn ysgolion yng Nghaerdydd.

Mae'r fam i ddau hefyd fod Ioan yn fyddardod a ofynnwyd nifer o heriau yn ei fagwraeth nad oedd hi wedi rhagweld.

Dywedodd: "Rydym yn gwybod o'r cychwyn am ei glywed gan ei fod wedi holl sgrinio. Roedd gen i C-Adran ychydig yn gynt na'r disgwyl, felly yr oedd ganddo lawer o brofion a fethodd y rhai cyntaf. Roedd wedi cryn dipyn o hylif yn y clustiau ac ar tua chwe wythnos oed y dywedwyd wrthym ei fod wedi colli eu clyw cymedrol. Roedd yn sioc enfawr i ni.

"Roedd ganddo cymorth clyw rhoi mewn tua chwech i wyth wythnos, felly roedd yn gynnar iawn. Roeddem yn teimlo ein bod am iddo gael sbectrwm llawn o sain os yn bosibl a dyna beth mae'r cymhorthion clyw yn ei wneud. Rhoddodd y lefel iddo gwrandawiad plentyn arferol y gwrandawiad.


"Yr anhawster o hynny pan oedd Ioan faban oedd fy mod yn bwydo ar y fron a byddai'r cymorth clywed yn disgyn oddi ar hyd at 40 neu 50 gwaith y dydd.

"Yna, pan ddechreuodd cychwynnol byddai'n ei gnoi. Dydw i erioed yn cael ei adael ei ben ei hun fel cymorth clyw mewn tair rhan ac roedd yn berygl mawr tagu.

"Gyda phlentyn arferol y gwrandawiad efallai y byddwch yn gallu edrych i ffwrdd wrth i chi dreulio amser y golchi er enghraifft, ond ni allwn wneud hynny gyda Ioan. Gwnaeth hyn wedyn yn ei iawn clingy. Pan oedd yn ddwy roedd eisiau mynd i gylch chwarae a gwahanu yn wirioneddol anodd iddo gan ei fod mor gyfarwydd â bod o'n cwmpas drwy'r amser. "

Westminster dumps lip-reading proposal.

Looks like the UK Parliament aren't interested in validating lip-reading as an essential skill. Why isn't lip-reading classed as an essential means of communicating, and sign language is ?

Background Proposal: A Bill to require lip-reading to be classified as an essential skill for the purpose of skills funding; to require the Secretary of State to ensure that people who are deaf or hard of hearing have access to lip-reading classes provided by local learning providers at no cost to the learner; and for connected purposes.

Response: The Bill was not moved for debate on 4 November 2011. The order to read the Bill a second time has lapsed. There is no indication when the Bill will progress further.

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Back to the drawing Board ?

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Nid yw Edrych fel y Senedd y DU yn cael eu diddordeb mewn dilysu ddarllen gwefusau fel sgil hanfodol. Pam nad yw darllen gwefusau ystyried yn ffordd hanfodol o gyfathrebu, ac iaith arwyddion yw?

Cynnig Cefndir: Mae Mesur i'w gwneud yn ofynnol darllen gwefusau i gael eu dosbarthu fel sgil hanfodol ar gyfer y diben o sgiliau cyllid; i'w gwneud yn ofynnol i'r Ysgrifennydd Gwladol i sicrhau bod pobl sy'n fyddar neu'n drwm eu clyw yn cael mynediad i ddarllen gwefusau dosbarthiadau a ddarperir gan darparwyr dysgu lleol heb unrhyw gost i'r dysgwr; ac at ddibenion cysylltiedig.

Ymateb: Nid oedd y Mesur yn symud i'w drafod ar 4 Tachwedd 2011. Mae'r gorchymyn i ddarllen y Mesur yr ail dro wedi dod i ben. Nid oes arwydd pryd y bydd y Mesur cynnydd pellach.

Yn ôl i'r Bwrdd gan dynnu?