Browsing Archives of Author »Charlie Swinbourne«

Reg Cobb: How a trip to my local shop showed me the mental gymnastics involved in lipreading

July 13, 2016

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I’m the sort of guy who can eat a lot and “run” it off a lot, so I’m a frequent […]

Fill in a survey to give your views as a Deaf employee or jobseeker

July 12, 2016

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Are you a deaf employee or jobseeker? Totaljobs has teamed up with deaf charities; Action on Hearing Loss, the British […]

Rebecca Walls: Do you know about the NHS England Accessible Information Standard?

July 12, 2016

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I’m not Deaf and I’m not hard-of-hearing. But I work with Deaf people (BSL users) who have mental health problems. […]

Deaf News: The Houston branch of Starbucks with three Deaf baristas

July 11, 2016

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KHOU has reported on a branch of Starbucks in Houston which is staffed by three deaf people, communicating using notes, […]

How film footage found in a skip helped a Deaf woman reconnect with her late father

July 11, 2016

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The last time Gloria Pullen saw her father was when she was 19. He died suddenly whilst cheering her on […]

Go See: Deaf actor Alex Nowak in That Catholic Thing in London

July 8, 2016

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With faith healing, miracle bacon and flying saucer holy communion, the play That Catholic Thing, which stars Deaf actor Alex […]

Rebecca-Anne Withey: What it’s like to be in the middle of the Deaf and hearing worlds

July 7, 2016

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It was only a chair. It was just the placement of the chair that “told” others I was an – […]

Deaf News: Campaign launched to take excessive noise off the menu in restaurants

July 7, 2016

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Close to eight out of ten people have left a restaurant, café or pub early because of the noise, according […]

Joe Collins: Why I set up DeafInfo, a one-day exhibition for older Deaf people

July 6, 2016

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As he pulls together DeafInfo, a one-day exhibition to provide accessible information to Deaf people aged 50+, Joe Collins takes […]

Charlie Swinbourne: The Deaf community needs more programmes like BBC4’s Life and Deaf

July 5, 2016

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I’m writing this having just watched BBC4’s documentary Life and Deaf (you can now see it on iPlayer here), and […]