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Elizabeth Engelman: 13 Reasons to sign to your hard of hearing or cochlear implanted child

May 27, 2017

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At weekends, we post some of our most popular articles from our archive. When we implanted our profoundly deaf two-year-old […]

Watch: Comedy sketch show Deaf Funny, episode 2!

May 26, 2017

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Last night, the second episode of Deaf Funny was broadcast on television, and you can now watch it in full […]

Rebecca-Anne Withey: The Who’s Tommy: a review

May 26, 2017

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It was early this year that a good friend of mine and fellow actress, Donna Mullings, came over to my […]

Andrea Newland: Why my new play at Brighton Fringe has a BSL interpreter at every performance

May 25, 2017

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It was 1995; I’d just left drama school – full of youth and hope and plans of treading the boards. […]

General Election 2017: What do the political parties promise for deaf people?

May 25, 2017

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Whenever a general election is upon us, every political party is quick to draw a manifesto which tackles the biggest […]

Newcastle NHS allows Deaf customers to phone them via online BSL interpretation

May 25, 2017

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The Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has teamed up with Sign Solutions (a supporter of this site) to […]

Conservative Party says election manifesto will not be translated into BSL due to “time constraints”

May 24, 2017

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A voter has received an email from the Conservative Party telling her that the party will not be translating their manifesto into […]

Jeff McWhinney: Text-based customer service options are not enough for Deaf people

May 24, 2017

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By Jeff McWhinney, Chairman & Founder of SignVideo (a supporter of this site) and member of The Top 100 List […]

Bianca Birdsey: I created these images to show that Deaf children should be able to dream

May 23, 2017

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“Mom, when I’m big, I want to be a Vet. I want to help animals,” she signed, eyes gleaming as […]

Watch: Labour aims for Deaf votes with MP’s signed video and BSL recognition pledge

May 22, 2017

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The Labour party is making a strong pitch for Deaf votes in the General Election. Dawn Butler MP, who hit […]