interview with Lorna Mc Cormack of "Simply Signing" (June-2009)
On Thursday, 21st of May 2009 Mrs Lorna Mc Cormack came to our classroom for an interview with Mary, Shauna and myself. Ms O' Rourke, Ms Worthington and Kathleen were with us. Lorna told us that she decided to set up the business and call it "Simply Signing". The reason was because she want her children to have good communication with her husband, who is deaf. She told us how she set up the business. She's self employed since 2007, she has set up courses for young children, deaf or hearing, hearing adults with deaf children or children with special needs. She set up courses to train people who work with deaf children and adults.
She went to the Enterprise Board for advice and help to set her business up. She has an office in Swords just 5mins from her home. She juggles her time between her business and her family life. After Lorna gave us the story of her business, Shauna thanked her for coming to give us talk and then Kathleen took photo of us with Lorna. Before she left, she gave us badges as a souvenir. Kelly Mc Caffrey LCA 1 On 21st May 2009; Mrs. Lorna Mc Cormack came to our school for an interview. She told us about her business. She is self-employed since 2007 and she has set up courses for young deaf children and adults. Her job is in Swords. She has a small office 5 minutes walk from her home. She told us that she likes her job because she enjoys her work with deaf people. She really enjoys it because she love working with children and deaf people and she wants her children to be able to communicate with their father. Their father is deaf. She set up courses to train people who work with children - i.e, crèche workers, in ISL and she teaches children/adults ISL herself too. She prefers her new job because she finds it very interesting and she likes to make books to show people how to sign. She meets lots of new people and she is very busy making a new web site. It is called www.simplesigning.ie. She thinks it was very hard starting the business because she has to search for lots of information. She liked her old job working in DeafHear and she likes the people she works with. She started her business two years ago. When she was working in DeafHear there were no books showing sign language. Her business now makes colourful books teaching people how to use Irish Sign Language. Shauna Coyle LCA1