Browsing Archives of Author »Charlie Swinbourne«

Kathryn Wilkins: Feeling like I’m in limbo, between the deaf and hearing worlds

April 19, 2013

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When I found out I had got the funding to go to Mary Hare Sixth Form it was Christmas Day. […]

Alison Bryan: How to get a BSL Act onto the government agenda

April 19, 2013

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This article was first published on Grumpy Old Deafies here: www.grumpyoldeafies.com and is republished here under a Creative Commons licence and […]

Deaf news in BSL from Remark: Cornwall Deaf Centre open again! | 14 year old record breaker | Virtual classrooms

April 18, 2013

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Click on the titles to go to Remark’s website, then click ‘BSL’ to watch the news in beautiful sign language! […]

Watch: Stand-up comedy from Abnormally Funny People!

April 18, 2013

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Subtitled in English, here’s a ten minute highlights package of the Abnormally Funny People comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe […]

“YouTube’s auto captions? Don’t make me laugh!” Meet Claire Hill, expert stenographer!

April 17, 2013

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I first worked with Claire Hill when she provided speech-to-text for live comedy at Soho Theatre. I was amazed at […]

Deaf News: Almost 100 MPs now back the BSL Early Day Motion

April 17, 2013

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The BSL Act campaign got a boost this week as MPs returned to Parliament after the Easter recess and the […]

The Question: Should BSL videos have English subtitles for the ‘signing impaired?’

April 16, 2013

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Most deaf people agree that subtitles need to improve, but there is one subtitling issue that is not so black […]

Go see: ‘Only the Lonely’ Conference on deafness, autism and learning disability in Manchester, 13th June 2013

April 16, 2013

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A conference organised by the St George Healthcare Group (a supporter of this site) called: Only the Lonely – Deafness […]

Deaf News: Action on Hearing Loss team up with DCAL to call for better dementia strategy for deaf people

April 16, 2013

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The charity Action on Hearing Loss and University College London’s Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre are urging NHS England […]

Diary of a Deaf Mum: From food, to time, and you. What changes when baby comes!

April 15, 2013

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Hey, Toto. I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore… For one thing, there’s a wicked witch poking out from under […]