Browsing Archives of Author »Charlie Swinbourne«

Deaf News: Teenager calls on the Prime Minister to protect services for deaf children

October 1, 2013

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Profoundly deaf Yusuf Nuur, 14, from Manchester, met Prime Minister David Cameron yesterday at the Conservative Party Conference. Yusuf called […]

Linda Richards: If we don’t support our own, who can we expect to support the Deaf community?

October 1, 2013

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“Money, money, money…. It’s a rich man’s world.” Or so the lyrics of the Abba song go. Some say it’s […]

Donna Williams: Farewell, Vitalis

September 30, 2013

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Today, the funeral of Vitalis Katakinas is being held in London. I can’t make it, but Vitalis and his loved […]

Deaf News: Book “that gives a voice” to deaf people with NF2 is published!

September 30, 2013

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Forty-four extraordinary individuals from around the world have united to create the first non-clinical book about Neurofibromatosis Type 2 (NF2) […]

Emily Howlett: CODAs, Stetsons, bears and trees… but not me.

September 30, 2013

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CODA…  What does it mean? Our old friend Google tells us ‘CODA’ might be ‘any concluding event, summation or section’, […]

The Weekend Selection: The big issue edition

September 28, 2013

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Here are the top five new blogposts from the previous 7 days. Mark Levin: Let’s eradicate the term ‘hearing impaired’ “Cancer […]

Deaf News: Derby City Council’s ‘historic commitment’ to deaf people leads the way

September 27, 2013

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Derby City Council have worked with a range of deaf organisations to ‘officially sign a commitment of equality’ yesterday (Thursday). […]

Charlie Swinbourne: Hearing impaired? Hard of hearing? It’s hard to find the right term to ‘deafine’ yourself. I should know

September 27, 2013

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Mark Levin’s article on this site last week about eradicating the term ‘hearing impaired’ clearly struck a chord – it […]

“I like being forced into doing scary things – it makes me feel alive!” Eleanor Craik on being an NDCS volunteer (Part 2)

September 26, 2013

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Eleanor Craik is an NDCS Volunteer. In this second instalment of her two-part blog, she tells us about how volunteering takes […]

Andy Palmer: How Miliband and Cameron could be pursuaded to do more for deaf people

September 26, 2013

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‘Cameron and Miliband both pledge better communication rights for deaf people’. It’s a fantasy headline but could become reality. Deaf […]

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