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Deaf News: SignHealth “concerned that many Deaf people have not had their main language recorded properly in census”

January 31, 2013

SignHealth, the healthcare charity for Deaf people, has said today that many Deaf people are shocked at the national census […]

Is the number of signers lower than previously thought? Census records 22,000 sign language users

January 30, 2013

There has long been a debate about the number of Deaf people whose first or preferred language is sign language […]

Subtitle Fail: BBC show wrong subtitles on online episode of Eggheads

January 30, 2013

Our latest subtitle fail comes from regular reader Robert Mandara. He says: “You have to hand it to the BBC. […]

Deaf news in BSL from Remark: First bone conduction implant in UK | Deaf tennis player in Australian Open | Deaf prisoners

January 29, 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! […]

Meet: Deaf health campaigner Ian Crimond – “It’s shocking that so many GPs are ignoring the Equality Act”

January 28, 2013

Deaf health campaigner Ian Crimond’s Deaf Access Research Group has recently researched health providers, GP surgeries, out-of-hours GP services and […]

Deaf News: The NDCS say Government “is failing deaf children” as GCSE results fall 2.4% in one year

January 25, 2013

The National Deaf Children’s Society is warning that cuts to the support deaf children need are having a devastating impact, […]

Poem: Martyn Brown’s ‘Snow’

January 25, 2013

Snow; the modelling clay of children young and old Bringing sudden demand for coal, carrot, flat cap, scarf and pipe […]

William Mager: Billy 2.0 – Two steps forward, one back

January 24, 2013

I’ve been switched on for a month now. It’s been a really steep learning curve, and after two tuning sessions […]

Deaf News: The Guardian publishes correction to “politically correct” sign language story

January 23, 2013

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Back in October, we reported on how the Deafness Cognition and Language Centre (DCAL) had complained about a Guardian article […]

John Walker: The Belgian Twins, Euthanasia and the Myth

January 22, 2013

Mythology has a little bit of truth and not the whole truth. It comes with a hero, a victim and […]