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June 28, 2017

Susan Laycock is the eldest of Bill and Peggy Dixon’s five children. Both Bill and Peggy were profoundly deaf. Of […]

June 27, 2017

Comments Off on Lottery funding to transform historic sites across South West for Deaf and disabled people

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has just awarded a grant of £527,000 to the Heritage Ability scheme which involves a […]

June 27, 2017

Comments Off on NDCS launches new global strategy for deaf children today (BSL)

The National Deaf Children’s Society has today launched a bold new Overcoming Barriers strategy 2017-2022 to overcome the social and educational […]

June 26, 2017

Last month was a big milestone in our household. We were given the result of our son’s primary school admission […]

June 25, 2017

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This site exists thanks to the support of our supporters, some of whom have supported us since we first began! […]

June 24, 2017

Comments Off on Charlie Swinbourne: Thanks to Facebook, deaf people are more engaged with mainstream politics than ever before

At weekends, we post some of the most popular blogs from our archive. It’s been a rocky few days in […]

June 23, 2017

I have a child who is growing up in France. But he’s as British as can be. His name is […]

June 22, 2017

Gather round kiddies and prepare yourselves for yet another tragic tale of CINEMATIC proportions. No, you haven’t got deja vu, […]

June 21, 2017

Comments Off on Independent Cinema Office: What we learned from our survey about improving cinema for deaf people

Everyone wants a good night out at the movies, and Deaf people are no different. But when we at the […]

June 20, 2017

Comments Off on Rebecca-Anne Withey: Performing sign song with a live band at Sencity London 2017

It was such a surreal moment. The heat of the lights, the wires threatening to tangle my feet, the gaze […]