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Read: Rebecca Atkinson on ‘How David Cameron has betrayed people with disabilities’

April 16, 2015

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Deaf journalist Rebecca Atkinson has written an article for the Guardian arguing that Prime Minister David Cameron has betrayed deaf […]

Writer Glen Laker tells us how having a deaf son led him to include a deaf character in Sunday’s episode of Vera on ITV1

April 16, 2015

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I’ve been writing for 20 years, much of it alongside a day job, where I worked in Access Services at […]

The Clarion Community Chest is Open For Business

April 15, 2015

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Below is a post from our newest supporter, Clarion. Find out all about them by clicking here. Free Communication Support […]

Richard Turner: Why hearing aid cuts should be reversed

April 15, 2015

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I was completely shocked by the recent decision by North Staffordshire Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to no longer provide free […]

Read: Jenny Sealey’s Guardian blog: “We will not let government cuts make us invisible”

April 14, 2015

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The Artistic Director of Graeae theatre company, Jenny Sealey, who is Deaf, has written a blog for the Guardian about […]

Rebecca-Anne Withey: Sign language shouldn’t be used for novelty value by people who don’t understand its content

April 14, 2015

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As someone who works in signed song – that is, performing songs in sign language – my first priority is […]

Jenn Hearn: What I wish the hearing world could understand about deaf people

April 13, 2015

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As a small child at a mainstream hearing school, I remember sitting around the lunch table while my hearing peers […]

The Secret Deafie: The day I found myself on the hearing man’s side

April 11, 2015

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At weekends and bank holidays, we publish popular articles from our archive, which you might have missed the first time round! Tell […]

Meriah Nichols: I don’t agree that sign language will die out because of technology

April 10, 2015

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Andrew Solomon wrote a book called “Far From the Tree” that was all the rage a couple of years ago. […]

Charlie Swinbourne: My friend’s experience taught me how hospitals are hard places to hear in

April 9, 2015

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It all happened in the blink of an eye. A friend of mine came to stay with us two weeks […]