Browsing Archives of Author »Charlie Swinbourne«

Deaf women more likely to face ‘serious complications’ during childbirth says award-winning midwife

March 18, 2014

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A midwfery student who won a prestigious national award for her work on a project to assist deaf women in […]

Georgia Laird: Why is the Department of Education taking so long to wake up to deaf education?

March 17, 2014

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Two weeks ago, the BBC published an article reporting children are “failed by the education system”. It didn’t take long […]

Deaf News: Paralympics director Jenny Sealey backs Access to Work Campaign

March 14, 2014

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Jenny Sealey, Creative Director of the Paralympic Games opening ceremony and Artistic Director of Theatre Company Graeae, is backing the […]

Andy Palmer: If your house looks like its been possessed, you’ve got the right telephone alerter

March 14, 2014

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Technology moves on. We all know that. Just look at your mobile phone to see Kaizen theory in action. Small […]

Deaf News: Pope Francis to hold first official meeting with deaf audience

March 14, 2014

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The Vatican have announced that Pope Francis will hold a gathering later this month to meet with an exclusively invited […]

Edis Bevan: When I see someone speaking, I can hear them. Is my audiogram wrong?

March 13, 2014

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Here is an odd thing I notice when attending public meetings. It is a kind of ‘cueing-in’ for sounds. And […]

Review: CBBC’s My Life – Signing Off

March 13, 2014

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Ben is an impressive young lad. He’s the articulate and savvy son and brother in an almost entirely deaf family. […]

Ian Noon: Five random reflections on deaf life at mainstream primary school

March 12, 2014

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I spent most of last week musing on life at primary school. I do love a good amble down memory […]

“We want more than an Act of Parliament” says Sarah Batterbury, BDA expert

March 12, 2014

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Next week the BDA (British Deaf Association) launch Sign Language Week with the theme of ‘Strengthening Our Rights’. Planned to […]

Tamsin Coates: The family who moved across the country so their deaf daughter could go to the right school

March 11, 2014

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When my boys were first diagnosed as deaf there wasn’t the great parent support network that now exists in our […]