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Meet: Jayne Fletcher, aka Fletch@, the UK’s best known sign song performer

July 3, 2014

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Jayne Fletcher, aka Fletch@ is possibly the UK’s best known sign song performer. The 30-year-old from Wolverhampton has performed on […]

UK Sport doubles funding for Winter Olympic and Paralympic athletes to £31 million… while Deaflympic athletes get nothing

July 2, 2014

The news last week that UK Sport are doubling the funding that Winter Olympic and Paralympic athletes get to £31 […]

Melinda Hildebrandt: The Deaf parenting situation that reminded me of David Brent in The Office

July 2, 2014

I recently found myself in a situation that reminded me of one of my favourite David Brent moments (and there are many) […]

Deaf News: Double breakthrough in court system for Deaf people

July 1, 2014

Two recent court cases have led to developments which may help more deaf people to be treated fairly when they access […]

Joseph Santini: Why critical literacy is so important for Deaf children

July 1, 2014

A recent episode of Kitchen Nightmares had the host, Chef Gordon Ramsay, excoriating a family about its restaurant, Sam’s Mediterranean Kabob Room. […]

Charlie Swinbourne: Music venues should follow Glastonbury and give Deaf people better access to concerts

June 30, 2014

By all accounts, this year’s Glastonbury festival went down a muddy storm, and even better, the festival has also been […]

Access to Work inquiry sees sense and allows evidence in BSL

June 30, 2014

Deaf people’s hopes of a positive outcome from the Work and Pensions committee’s inquiry into Access to Work have received […]

Fraser Gunn: What it was like to be a batonbearer for the Glasgow Commonwealth Games!

June 27, 2014

Back in March, I received an email from the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games’ organisers telling me that I had been […]

Tamsin Coates: What the government’s Special Educational Needs changes mean for parents of deaf children

June 26, 2014

The government has put in place some new ‘reforms’ – changes to current practice, which are directly within the Special […]

Deaf News: Shocking 73-week wait for hearing aid reassessment in Wales is revealed

June 26, 2014

Patients with hearing loss in one area of Wales are being forced to wait up to 73 weeks, or 17 […]