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Diary of a Deaf Filmmaker, Month One: Can I actually do this, or not?

July 9, 2014

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Some of you might know that in the month of May, the Gods of Deaf film-making smiled upon me and […]

Deaf News: TV personality John Barrowman experiences deafness for the day for Hearing Dogs charity

July 8, 2014

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TV personality John Barrowman has experienced deafness for the day as part of a filmed experiment so that he could […]

Deaf News: Emotional scenes as seven Irish Deaf women complete charity swim across the English Channel

July 8, 2014

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There were emotional scenes in Calais, France yesterday as seven Irish Deaf women celebrated completing their swim across the English […]

Emily Howlett: Dangermouse v Rastamouse! Accessible children’s television through the years

July 8, 2014

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When I was little, the television was huge and terrifying. No, really. It was a beast of a thing that […]

Charlie Swinbourne: The day the Tour de France went past our house!

July 7, 2014

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For weeks now, yellow bikes have been appearing at the side of the road in Yorkshire, not only in Ilkley, […]

The Secret Deafie: Why I gave up wearing hearing aids

July 7, 2014

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The Secret Deafie is a series of anonymous columns written by different writers. This one comes from a Deaf man […]

Deaf News: Sky allow deaf customers to cancel by email, not just by calling

July 4, 2014

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The Telegraph have reported that Sky TV will allow deaf customers to cancel their subscriptions by email, unlike hearing customers […]

Darren Townsend-Handscomb: What’s happened to the Access to Work submissions, and advice on giving evidence in BSL

July 4, 2014

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In this article, I’ve written more information about what’s happened to people’s submissions, and I’ve written some important things to […]

Deaf News: Record number of submissions made to parliamentary committee by deaf on Access to Work

July 3, 2014

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The Work and Pensions Committee has received almost 300 written submissions to its inquiry into Access to Work and that number is […]

Deaf News: Access to Work inquiry evidence made available online

July 3, 2014

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The Work and Pensions Committee recently announced an inquiry into the Access to Work scheme, asking Deaf and disabled people to […]