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Royal Association for Deaf people launches new arts platform: Hear Art (with BSL video)

September 21, 2021

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The Royal Association for Deaf people (RAD) have announced a collaboration on the new HearArt platform with Academy Award winner, […]

Alicia de Barry: Speaking in a foreign language when you’re deaf

September 15, 2021

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I recently had a very interesting conversation with my sister-in-law about the pronunciation of different words and how being deaf, […]

Emily Howlett: Why is BSL still a revelation to mainstream theatres?

September 10, 2021

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There has been a Jenny in my life for about 15 years now. She is like Madonna, or Pele; you […]

Charlotte Hyde: Returning to university

September 3, 2021

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It has been over a year since I graduated from university with a bachelor’s degree. Graduate life is tough at […]

Alison Hendry: The impact of the BSL (Scotland) Act 2015 (BSL vlog)

August 26, 2021

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Alison Hendry is a profoundly Deaf BSL user currently working at the University of Edinburgh as their BSL Officer. Proud […]

Emily Howlett: Covid time and how it differs from other times

August 24, 2021

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I’ve found myself talking about ‘covid time’ a lot recently. Not just to my houseplants and George, my long-suffering Hearing […]

Alison Hendry: My experience of being a cochlear implant user (BSL vlog)

August 2, 2021

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Alison Hendry is a profoundly Deaf BSL user currently working at the University of Edinburgh as their BSL Officer. Proud […]

Sally Austen: Why we created a book about clinical and legal work with deaf clients

July 30, 2021

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To buy the book, click here. Have you seen the term ‘organisational memory’? It refers to knowledge being passed within […]

Charlotte Hyde: The pros and cons of self-advocacy

July 22, 2021

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A couple of months ago, I gave a talk at the University of Reading Disability and Neurodiversity Research Showcase. In […]

Chris Mullen: Deaf people and the human rights time machine: What year are we in?

July 16, 2021

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Outside my work at the National Deaf Children’s Society, I’ve recently started volunteering as a school speaker for Amnesty International: […]