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Deaf News: Deaf brothers chosen for national Entrepreneurial Spark programme

February 12, 2015

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Two deaf brothers are taking part in the UK-wide Entrepreneurial Spark programme, launched in Birmingham this month in partnership with […]

Samuel Dore: How 2009’s horror thriller Orphan smartly integrated deafness and sign language into the plot

February 12, 2015

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I should mention beforehand Orphan is a film that contains American Sign Language (ASL) dialogue and I’m a British Sign […]

Deaf News: Children at Derby’s Royal School for the Deaf ‘were put at risk of grooming’

February 11, 2015

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The BBC has reported that the principal of the Royal School for the Deaf in Derby has been suspended after […]

Diary of a Deaf Filmmaker, Month 8: Shooting my film!

February 11, 2015

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It feels like such a long time ago but it was only the beginning of January that we completed the […]

Read: Jackie Ashley’s Guardian article on the effects of refusing people hearing aids

February 10, 2015

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Jackie Ashley, daughter of the late deaf politician and campaigner Lord Jack Ashley, has written an article for the Guardian […]

Exclusive: Rebecca-Anne Withey interviews the director of the ASL version of Let it Go, Jules Dameron

February 10, 2015

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There is no denying that the Disney film Frozen has taken the world by storm. And its iconic song, Let […]

Jen Dodds: 5 things I’m watching out for in 2015 (BSL)

February 9, 2015

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We’re only a month into 2015, but several interesting things have cropped up in the Deaf community already! So, I […]

The Question: Do you make a hearing aid ‘test’ sound?

February 8, 2015

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Every weekend, we are publishing popular articles from our archive, which you might have missed the first time round! Tell us which […]

10 clips of footballers using ‘sign language’ – starring Bale, Neymar, Fergie and Joey Barton

February 7, 2015

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Every weekend, we are publishing popular articles from our archive, which you might have missed the first time round! Tell us which […]

The Secret Deafie: I was abused by a Deaf man, but I don’t want to be called a victim OR a survivor

February 6, 2015

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The Secret Deafie is a regular column about deaf experiences submitted anonymously by different contributors. If you have a story […]