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Charlie Swinbourne: Communication barriers in sex education put deaf people at risk

December 7, 2012

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There is a telling moment in a documentary called Snapshot: Dicing with Sex when a group of young deaf people […]

Deaf News: Scam awareness video launched in BSL for Deaf people

December 7, 2012

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There’s growing evidence that deaf people are being targeted as part of online scams, which is why a new video […]

Charlie Swinbourne: How Deaf filmmaker Ted Evans’s career hit new heights at the Paralympics

December 6, 2012

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In August, 80,000 people piled into London’s Olympic stadium for the spectacular opening ceremony for the 2012 Paralympic Games. But […]

Thumbs Up: Nick Beese’s ‘BSLphabet’ typefont!

December 6, 2012

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Nick Beese, who is a Senior Visual Designer for the BBC, has created a unique typefont that combines the written alphabet […]

William Mager: Lord Jack Ashley of Stoke – The Measure of the Man

December 5, 2012

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F Scott Fitzgerald once wrote: ‘There are no second acts in American lives.”He never met Jack Ashley, an Englishman who […]

Angie Aspinall: Can you relax at a spa when you’re deaf? You can at the Explore Spa by Méridien, Mauritius

December 5, 2012

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On a recent trip to Mauritius, I had the opportunity to indulge in a few days of spa experiences whilst […]

Deaf news in BSL from Remark: Soldier proposes in ASL! | Deafblind world record holder burgled | Child abuse allegations in Canada

December 4, 2012

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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! Soldier […]

Deaf News: New test set to pinpoint genes responsible for deafness

December 3, 2012

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Earlier this year, we found out about gerbils who had been ‘cured’ of deafness. Now, in the next step in […]

Deaf News: Eastenders star describes “hurt” she felt after being told decision to give daughter a cochlear implant was “abuse”

December 3, 2012

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Many deaf people cringed at the moment in the BBC’s documentary earlier this year about Eastenders star Rita Simons and […]

Linda Richards: Deaf Head Wood… and other ‘Deaf’ place names

November 30, 2012

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Recently I was going to Bentham, a place on the Yorkshire/Lancashire border, some twenty miles east of Preston, UK. So, […]