Browsing Archives of Author »Charlie Swinbourne«

Jane Russell: Why it’s vital that deaf adults advocate for deaf children in the new Special Educational Needs (SEN) process (BSL)

November 15, 2016

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I would like to share my experience so far of the new Education Health and Care plan process, and why […]

Reach Out Cameroon: Help us send Thelma to Deaf school for another year

November 14, 2016

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Thelma is a 6 years old girl living in Tole, a village in the South-West Region of Cameroon. Like many […]

Watch: Footage of Donald Trump signing ‘I love you’ at a rally in June

November 12, 2016

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Footage is being shared online of Donald Trump signing the universal one-handed sign for ‘I love you’ at a rally […]

“This is white America now.” Deaf American man abused in cafe after Trump election win

November 11, 2016

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A Deaf American man has written about the abuse he faced in a cafe just hours after Donald Trump’s victory […]

Melanie Sharpe: This Captioning Awareness Week, find out how captioning is transforming the arts for deaf people #CAPaware16

November 11, 2016

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Next week (14 to 19 November 2016) Stagetext will be celebrating our second Captioning Awareness Week. The week aims to raise […]

The Secret Deafie: “Do you have…sonar?” The questions I got asked by kids when I gave a talk about deafness

November 10, 2016

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The Secret Deafie is our series of anonymous articles by Deaf people about their experiences. Tell us yours by emailing […]

Read: Transcript of Donald Trump’s victory speech

November 9, 2016

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However you’re feeling about the shock election result on the other side of the pond, you can now read Donald […]

Researchers develop artificial intelligence that lipreads better than humans. Kind of

November 9, 2016

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According to a BBC News report, scientists at Oxford University have developed a machine that can lip-read better than humans, with […]

Deaf News: Policy to end hearing aid provision in North Staffordshire is referred to the Secretary of State for Health

November 8, 2016

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On 1 October 2015 North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) brought into force its policy to end hearing aid provision for […]

Blow for deaf and disabled workers as academic research suggests they can make colleagues “less happy”

November 8, 2016

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A new study is set to cause controversy after suggesting that as companies take on more disabled employees, their non-disabled […]