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Watch: Baseball mascot signing in ASL with Deaf boy

June 12, 2014

When I watched this video, I wondered why Sherwood, the Nottingham Forest mascot, never learned the same skills. Kudos to […]

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

June 12, 2014

Forms of what could be deemed ‘sign language’ – or at least visual communication – are wide-spread in world football. […]

Deaf teenager to carry Queen’s Baton this Sunday as part of countdown to Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games

June 11, 2014

A deaf teenager from Linlithgow has been selected to be a batonbearer in the Queen’s Baton Relay on Sunday 15 […]

Anonymous: How my son benefited from accessing his education with skilled sign language support

June 11, 2014

Deaf children in education have a variety of experiences, and not all of them good. With national cuts to services, […]

Deaf News: Minister’s statement on Access to Work

June 10, 2014

The Minister for Disabled People. Mike Penning has released a statement about Access to Work regarding the suspension of the […]

Rebecca-Anne Withey: Signsong is a way for Deaf performers to embody a song

June 10, 2014

Signsong tends to spark a love it/hate it response from the Deaf community. However as a performer and tutor of […]

Corey Williams: Why I said no to cochlear implants for my daughter

June 9, 2014

Una, meaning “unity” and “only one” was born at home. We spent the first two days together in my bedroom. […]

Deaf News: Plan to scrap free NHS hearing aids under fire

June 8, 2014

North Staffordshire Clinical Commission Group (CCG) are considering scrapping providing hearing aids to people with a mild or moderate age-related […]

How a single volunteer for Hearing Link provides support for 100 deaf people

June 6, 2014

It’s Volunteer Week this week, and one volunteer, Keith Corbett has revealed why his volunteer work for UK hearing loss charity […]

The Secret Deafie: The teacher who embarrassed me in front of the class

June 6, 2014

The Secret Deafie is a series of anonymous columns written by different writers. This dates back to years ago when […]