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John Owens: Things that happen to you when you’re an oral deaf person

May 29, 2015

Here are some things that happen to you when you’re an oral deaf person out in the hearing world. Whispering Sweet […]

Nancy Chovancek: How to make your workplace more friendly to deaf and partially hearing people

May 28, 2015

If you’re like me—and hopefully you’re not—you’ve lived most of your life in a cubicle. Just like a mouse, you […]

Mike Fahey: Living with Jazz, my deaf-aware dog

May 27, 2015

I always love my daily walks with my 5 year old border collie Jazz. She is my fitness trainer, she […]

Robert Hunter: What it’s like to work in the City as a lawyer who is deaf, and why I set up City Disabilities

May 26, 2015

Many years ago I did something that was, at the time, seen as foolish. Despite the fact that I suffered […]

Watch: Award-winning short film The Kiss – do deaf people kiss differently?

May 25, 2015

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Matt Dixon: Ten essential things to know about being a child of deaf parents

May 24, 2015

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Read: The Guardian – How I support families coming to terms with being told their child is deaf

May 23, 2015

This Guardian article featuring an audiologist from the NDCS is well worth a read: Extract: My day starts at 7am. […]

“Sometimes I say ‘comma’ when I’m talking to my friends.” The day Charlie met Ai-Media’s live captioners

May 22, 2015

Ai-Media have been one of this site’s longest-serving supporters, and on Wednesday, intrigued by how live captions are provided, I visited […]

Andy Palmer: Don’t reward your kids (for the best of reasons)

May 22, 2015

Two weeks ago, I accompanied my son William, with my parents and friends, to the British Film Institute to see the […]

Deaf News: Eurovision Song Contest to be presented in International Sign

May 21, 2015

The BBC has reported that the Eurovision Song Contest is to be performed in International Sign (please note, it is […]