Browsing Archives of Author »Charlie Swinbourne«

Emily Howlett: The “absolutely, definitely booked” interpreter. Who didn’t exist…

January 10, 2014

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Ah, that happy feeling you get when you walk past the letterbox and see you have post. That little flicker […]

Meet: Hameeda Raj, who has written a sign language children’s book for her deaf son!

January 10, 2014

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How did you come to write the book? I created the book around 2 years ago when I found that my […]

Deaf News: Deaf teenager launches petition asking Sky On Demand to provide subtitles

January 10, 2014

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A deaf teenager from Newcastle who is frustrated with not being able to use Sky’s On Demand TV service is […]

Deaf News: Petition for better access to LoveFilm leads to Sir Malcolm Bruce MP writing to the company

January 9, 2014

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Following a Christmas petition calling on LoveFilm to make its services accessible to deaf people, Sir Malcolm Bruce MP (who is also Chair of the […]

Review: Deafinitely Theatre’s ‘Two’ – by Donna Williams

January 9, 2014

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On 14th November I had a lovely birthday treat – a trip to London to see Deafinitely Theatre’s production of […]

Lily Rayne: Why the word ‘hearie’ is not offensive, and what ‘hearing privilege’ amounts to

January 9, 2014

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A few days ago, in a Facebook conversation, I was discussing the issue of lack of captions and Deaf rights […]

Deaf News: £245,000 for research into England’s first Deaf church

January 9, 2014

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Dr William John Lyons, senior lecturer in the University of Bristol’s Department of Religion and Theology, has secured a three […]

Watch: The BSL Zone’s video profiles of famous deaf people from history!

January 8, 2014

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The BSL Zone website hosts all kinds of programmes made in British Sign Language (BSL) including Deaf dramas, magazine series […]

The Question: Should deaf people protest publicly to fight for their rights in 2014?

January 8, 2014

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2013 was an interesting year to be a campaigner for deaf interests. Lots happened, but did anything really change? What’s […]

Charlie Swinbourne: “I was talking behind your back to test your hearing.” My bizarre second visit to my audiologist

January 7, 2014

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Two months ago, I wrote about what I learned from a 15 minute visit to my local NHS audiology clinic. […]