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Nadia Nadarajah: How we created a BSL sign name for Kamala Harris, US Vice President-elect

November 17, 2020

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This blog is talking about the BSL sign name we have created for Kamala Harris, the new American Vice President. […]

Petition: To keep Deaf Base open at Townfield Primary School, Merseyside

November 16, 2020

A petition to keep a Deaf Base which has operated for decades at Townfield Primary School in the Wirral, Merseyside, […]

Trudi Collier: What is deaf heritage?

November 5, 2020

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I started working part-time for Solar Bear in April 2020 as the Project Co-ordinator for the ‘Solar Flares: Deaf Heritage […]

Evie Cryer: How coronavirus helped me find my deaf identity

October 30, 2020

I have been a primary school teacher for 14 years and I absolutely love my job. I have wanted to […]

#Sammyscampaign: Deaf women should have equal access to secure mental health services (with BSL video)

October 27, 2020

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Sign Sammy’s petition here. Two women from St Andrew’s Healthcare in Northampton are on a mission to try and get […]

Short films by Deaf artists to premiere as part of online mini festival

October 23, 2020

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Exploring themes of freedom, resistance, transformation and care, theatre company Ad Infinitum have created their first mini-festival featuring the premieres […]

Kirsteen Allison: The good (or bad?) side of lip reading

October 22, 2020

When I was younger, I used to get men kissing me a lot. You may think that’s normal student behaviour. […]

Deaf News: NDCS says one in four deaf children’s teachers wear face masks in class despite Government advice

October 20, 2020

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One in four deaf children across the UK could struggle at school because their teachers are wearing face masks or […]

Jenny Hersh: My hearing test experience during Covid-19

October 15, 2020

I’m partially deaf. At the start of 2020, I started struggling more with the hearing in my “good ear”. I […]

Kirsteen Allison: Stop assuming deaf and disabled people are ‘registered disabled’

October 14, 2020

There is no such thing as a register of disabled people. To ask someone if they are registered is discriminatory. […]