Browsing Archives of Author »Charlie Swinbourne«

Tamsin Coates: Thumbs up for Rampworx Skatepark!

November 8, 2012

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Our local deaf children’s society was recently offered an exciting opportunity of an event for our deaf children and young […]

Infographic: The effect of poor acoustics on deaf education

November 7, 2012

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Many of us hearing-aid wearers who went to mainstream school will remember feeling tired at the end of a long […]

Sophie Allen: Why YOU should volunteer to help in Sri Lanka’s Deaf schools!

November 7, 2012

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SL (Sri Lanka) Volunteers is a small volunteer organisation which sends students and graduates from the UK and Europe to […]

PJ Gribbin: Lip-Reading. A Subtle and Delicate Skill

November 6, 2012

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It’s now getting on for thirty years since I was head-butted by a border collie; she had a hard forehead […]

Charlie Swinbourne: Hearing people mocking sign language for comic effect just isn’t funny

November 5, 2012

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When ASL interpreter Lydia Callis shot to fame because of her use of facial expressions while interpreting New York Mayor […]

Deaf news in BSL from Remark: Deaf footballer taunted | RIP Ceefax | Deaf Zambians fight for right to drive

November 5, 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! NDCS […]

Meet: Jeff McWhinney, Deaf social entrepreneur

November 5, 2012

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Jeff McWhinney is a Deaf social entrepreneur, child of Deaf parents, father of four, former Ireland Deaf International footballer, a […]

Watch: Philip Bloom’s documentary ‘Ponte Tower’

November 2, 2012

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Absolutely nothing deaf-related about this video at all, but don’t let that put you off. Respected filmmaker Philip Bloom, who […]

US Deaf News: Ryan Gosling visits Deaf school!

November 1, 2012

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If Deaf people didn’t already like Ryan Gosling enough (based on the fact that the whole world seems to quiver […]

Angie Aspinall: Some more things people have said to me since I started losing my hearing

November 1, 2012

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Angie Aspinall started going deaf in one ear at the age of 30, then suffered total sudden onset hearing loss […]