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Watch: Saucy BSL flashmob marks deaf awareness week in Rocky Horror style!

May 10, 2013

Commuters at Richmond Station in London got more than they bargained for on Tuesday as members of staff from interpreting company CommunicationID and their friends performed a sign language ‘Rocky Horror flashmob’ dressed in revealing outfits. A flashmob dance is a planned performance foisted on an unsuspecting crowd in a public place. This BSL flashmob was staged […]

Watch: Gerry Hughes – the animated journey! By Amy Dawson

May 9, 2013

There are no words to describe this, except for one. Genius. Well done Amy Dawson!

Watch: Two concepts that could revolutionise subtitled cinema!

April 30, 2013

I was a bit sceptical when I first saw these two videos, but as I watched them I realised that both of them are onto something – creating a way of displaying subtitles in a cinema that only deaf people can see. If they work, it’d mean that hearing people don’t complain about being distracted, […]

Watch: Stand-up comedy from Abnormally Funny People!

April 18, 2013

Subtitled in English, here’s a ten minute highlights package of the Abnormally Funny People comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Abnormally Funny People are a group of comedians who each have a disability, except for a token non-disabled person. This clip features deaf comedian Steve Day as well as Steve Best, Liz Carr, Tanyalee […]

Watch: Pitch for a film featuring a deaf character (and help vote for it to win funding!)

April 11, 2013

A month or two ago, we found a video pitch for a film featuring a deaf character by an up and coming director called Amelia Hassard, which has glimpses of ASL is helpfully subtitled for deaf viewers. The deadline to support her project is tomorrow, so if you like it, just click on the following […]

Watch: BBC Newswatch item on live subtitles (with live subtitles)

April 8, 2013

When I saw this (thanks to Twitter’s @Tony_Sutton) I wondered whether television was about to eat itself. An item on live subtitles, with live subtitles? Mercifully, although the subtitles went awol for a little while (see below), the BBC (or Red Bee Media) must have brought out their subtitling top guns for the item because […]

Watch: Deafblind artist’s second foray into film making

March 27, 2013

There’s no stopping this guy. This is a friend of mine and the best artist I know personally (except my Mum). His name is Jamie ‘Lloyd’ McCullough and he has made his second foray into film making. Jamie has Usher syndrome and communicates using hands-on signing. I know from speaking to Jamie that he has […]

Watch: New NDCS video supporting their Stolen Futures campaign

March 22, 2013

The National Deaf Children’s Society have released a new video to support their Stolen Futures campaign. Watch it below! Don’t forget to sign the charity’s petition to protect services for deaf children here: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/34073

Watch: The universal language is in our minds

March 21, 2013

In this video from America, UC Berkeley linguistics lecturer Patrick Boudreault, who is Deaf, explains his view that language is a fluid thing that is not just spoken. He says that language is something universal that happens in our minds, whether it’s communicated with our hands or our voice, or even typed on a computer screen […]

Watch: Science in BSL with Audrey Cameron

March 19, 2013

Coming via STV News this is the story of a Deaf scientist from Scotland, who beat the barriers to obtain a BSc and then a PhD in chemistry, despite being given no communication support at university.

Watch: Episode 6 of Sophie Woolley’s ‘Deaf Faker’!

March 11, 2013

In this episode, hearing journalist Charlotte Loud continues her quest to find the deaf way by attempting to seduce Deaf actor Matthew Gurney – while learning some signs too. The results are, inevitably, hilarious. Don’t miss it.

Watch: Hilarious ‘Downfall’ parody about the campaign for a BSL Act!

March 8, 2013

This chicken has seen a few of these Downfall parody films now, with the subtitles adjusted to make it look like Hitler’s going crazy about anything from the England football team to the journalist Johann Hari. But this one, with Hitler considering the implications of the BSL Act, is utter genius. Well done to Pip […]

Watch: Documentary set to shine light on India, where there are only 250 interpreters for 18 million Deaf people

March 4, 2013

A new documentary is set to shine a light on Deaf people in India. Remarkably, despite having the largest Deaf population in the world, of 18 million, it is said that there are only 250 sign language interpreters. Sign language has not been recognised, and there is very little access, with “no captions on television, […]

Watch: The world’s first Deaf tattoo convention – in Berlin!

February 8, 2013

Well this is a first. In Germany, they recently held the world’s first tattoo convention. And cannily, they released a subtitled version of the video, in English. Things get a tad awkward as the reporter goes round finding out not only about Deaf tattoo fans, but also the dos and don’ts of how to talk […]

Watch: World’s Sexiest Deaf Man being interviewed in ASL!

February 7, 2013

On Tuesday, we reported how John Maucere, otherwise known as Playgirl’s “sexiest deaf guy” for their January 1990 issue, wowed fans at the Super Bowl with an ASL rendition of The Star Spangled Banner. Now, celebrity site TMZ has interviewed Maucere in the street. Alas, the questions are not subtitled, but his responses are in […]

Watch: World’s Sexiest Deaf Guy wows Super Bowl!

February 5, 2013

Turns out the guy wowing the Super Bowl ceremony with an ASL rendition of The Star Spangled Banner is a man called John Maucere, who, according to Motherboard, also happens to be Playgirl’s “sexiest deaf guy” for their January 1990 issue. That’s some claim to fame. We’re just wondering whether they also had centrefolds for […]