Browsing Archives of Author »Charlie Swinbourne«

Deaf News: BDA says leading UN committee has paved way for a British Sign Language Act

August 31, 2017

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The following article is from the British Deaf Association: In a landmark moment for deaf people in the UK, the […]

Daniel Soudakoff: My experience at Deaf Film Camp

August 31, 2017

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I first came to Deaf Film Camp in 2016, and was completely new to the film world. I liked to […]

Rebecca-Anne Withey: My view on genetic testing for deafness

August 29, 2017

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The cause of my deafness has never been something that has bothered me. I have a sister who, like me, […]

Joanne Swinbourne: Why I have trust issues. With audiologists (BSL)

August 28, 2017

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At weekends and on bank holidays we post our most popular articles. My name is Joanne Swinbourne and I have […]

Yvonne Cobb: I’m passionate about improving Deaf people’s confidence with food and nutrition (BSL)

August 27, 2017

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At weekends we post the most popular articles from our archive. I am the Deaf Nigella Lawson, or so I […]

John Walker: Is your online profile written in Deaf Gain style? (BSL)

August 26, 2017

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At weekends we post the most popular articles from our archive. Deaf Gain is a positive term used to describe […]

Molly Watt: Access to sound, to people and to things

August 25, 2017

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I recently googled what is a hearing aid? The definitions varied from: Cambridge Dictionary – hearing aid meaning, definition, what […]

Shari Eberts: Why my phone rings on my wrist

August 24, 2017

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My family got matching fitness trackers for the holidays to help us stay motivated and active as the weather turns […]

Juliet England: Going freelance is no guarantee of escaping prejudice

August 22, 2017

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This autumn marks my ninth anniversary of working freelance at anything involving words – proofreading them, editing them, sometimes even […]

Deaf News: Deaf man ‘thrown out’ of Gourmet Burger Kitchen ‘because he had hearing dog with him’

August 22, 2017

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A story in the Mirror and widely shared on Facebook has told of how a Deaf man was allegedly asked […]