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Rebecca-Anne Withey: My review of Deaffest 2017!

May 17, 2017

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I’ve been attending the festival Deaffest at Wolverhampton for many years now. This year was its 12th festival and boy has it […]

Deaf News: Childline launches deaf counselling service (BSL)

May 17, 2017

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Deaf children and teenagers around the UK can now use sign language to be counselled by Childline in two brand […]

Meet: Nadeem Islam, star of Deafinitely Theatre’s children’s play Something Else

May 17, 2017

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Nadeem Islam is an actor, comedian, presenter, community facilitator and a trainee film-maker.  His previous stage work includes Beyond the Canon […]

Linguistpd: Take our first subtitled online course!

May 17, 2017

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This is a sponsored post from Linguistpd. At Linguistpd we have always been passionate about making our training accessible for […]

Stacey Betts: Having a deaf daughter taught me how important Deaf Awareness is

May 16, 2017

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My daughter is Deaf. She was born hearing but antibiotics administered when she was a few weeks old slowly took […]

Deaf News: BSL user Iain Scott-Burdon stands as Independent candidate in Lincoln

May 15, 2017

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The Lincolnite has reported that Iain Scott-Burdon, who is a Deaf BSL user, is to stand as an Independent candidate […]

Our top ten top tens for Deaf Awareness Week!

May 15, 2017

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The title above is probably one of the most confusing titles we’ve ever posted, but you read that right. Here […]

Deaf News: NDCS launches Right to Sign campaign as 97% of young people support BSL lessons at school

May 15, 2017

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An overwhelming 97% of young people think British Sign Language (BSL) should be taught in schools, according to new research […]

Watch: Deaf Umbrella’s Deaf Awareness Week tips!

May 15, 2017

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Here is a Deaf Awareness video from one of our supporters, Deaf Umbrella – check it out below:

Emily Howlett: Why is baby signing only seen as positive for hearing babies?

May 14, 2017

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At weekends, we post the most popular articles from our archive. Right, you guys. I have been sitting on this […]