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Alison Hendry: My open letter about the impact of my university lecturer’s words (BSL)

May 6, 2021

In this video, Alison Hendry signs an open letter about the impact of her university lecturer’s words and how that […]

Sarah Playforth: What a captioned telephone service could offer deaf people

May 5, 2021

When Damian Barry set up a FaceBook group to campaign for provision of a captioned telephone service in the UK, […]

On-demand lipspeaking service LipsLive announced

May 4, 2021

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An innovative new on-demand lipspeaking service called LipsLive™ has been announced, aimed at levelling the playing field for deaf and hard of hearing […]

Emily Howlett: We need Deaf representation in real life as well as on screen

April 30, 2021

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So, there’s been a lot of discussion around deaf representation recently. There have been vlogs, chat shows, petitions and campaigns. […]

Nicky Evans: Why we are asking people to invest in interpreting co-op Signalise

April 29, 2021

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What is a Co-operative and why do people invest? You may remember I wrote about the need for an interpreting co-op back […]

NDCS launches brand new online platform for 50,000 deaf young people

April 29, 2021

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The National Deaf Children’s Society has launched a new online community for deaf young people to chat, post videos and […]

RAD survey highlights employment challenges for deaf people

April 28, 2021

New research by the Royal Association for Deaf people (RAD) has highlighted the challenges faced by deaf people when securing […]

Watch: Google advert about being a CODA which aired during the Oscars

April 26, 2021

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A Google advert about a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults) which aired during the Oscars has received praise online. The […]

Jo Atkinson: Changing senses : My review of Sound of Metal

April 25, 2021

Shared with thanks to The Psychologist magazine. This is must-see film for anyone interested in the human capacity to adapt […]

Amanda Silverwood: What’s it like to be deaf in a global pandemic?

April 22, 2021

Terrifying. I was diagnosed with congenital bilateral hearing loss when I was five years old. I have 90% hearing loss […]