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Subtitle fail: Football manager outs “gay” footballer live on BBC – or does he?

November 1, 2014

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Did Jose Mourinho, the Chelsea football manager, mean to out a Premier League footballer live on the BBC’s Final Score […]

Charlie Swinbourne: The 10 annoying habits of deaf people!

November 1, 2014

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

Deaf News: British Sign Language Bill formally introduced in Scotland

October 31, 2014

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Labour MSP Mark Griffin’s British Sign Language (BSL) (Scotland) Bill has been formally introduced in the Scottish Parliament. To see […]

“We were looking at how to possibly catch you out or restrict you.” Access to Work adviser talks to BBC News

October 31, 2014

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A BBC News report, aired on Wednesday evening, has shown an anonymous Access to Work adviser talking of a “culture […]

Emily Howlett: Top 10 Halloween outfits for Deafies!

October 31, 2014

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1) The Thing You know that disembodied hand from The Addams Family that crawls all over the place? Well, it […]

Deaf News: UK Council on Deafness welcomes commitment to improving Access to Work from Minister for Disabled People

October 30, 2014

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Here’s a press release from the UK Council on Deafness, which was released moments ago on the BDA Facebook page. […]

Meet: Craig Jones, who runs CJ Interpreting Service, which is Deaf-led

October 30, 2014

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One of our newest supporters is CJ Interpreting Service. Here, Craig Jones, who is also Deaf, tells us about the […]

Professor Graham Turner: 10 key issues relating to the Access to Work crisis (BSL)

October 30, 2014

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While The Limping Chicken has made sure that Deaf people are appropriately stirred up about ATW, See Hear and William […]

Deaf News: RAD officially launch Hate Incident Reporting Centre

October 29, 2014

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It has now become far easier for Deaf people in Essex to report hate crimes, with the news that the […]

Five recent technological advances that are changing deaf people’s lives

October 29, 2014

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1. Next generation text relay Once the mainstay of communication for deaf people, Text Relay or Type Talk, as it […]