Browsing Archives of Author »Charlie Swinbourne«

Watch: A few minutes in the life of a sign language interpreter

July 5, 2012

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The only thing to say about this video, first uploaded to YouTube in 2010, is that it’s genius. Total genius. […]

Lara Steward: Carrying the Olympic torch

July 5, 2012

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On the June 27th, at roughly 7:34am, I was the only person in the world to be carrying the Olympic […]

Ni Gallant: My response to ‘The ‘R’ word’

July 4, 2012

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Last week Emily Howlett wrote a piece that struck a personal chord with me, entitled “The R Word – Why we Need […]

Charlie Swinbourne: Why we should be outraged over a “dirty” sign language book

July 3, 2012

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The first question many hearing people ask sign language users is often how to sign a swear word. I still […]

Catherine Cooper: The beginning of my cochlear implant journey

July 3, 2012

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Hello, I’m Catherine. I was born profoundly deaf, although it wasn’t picked up until I was 6 months old. I […]

Tamsin Coates: Breaking down the barriers

July 2, 2012

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Recently the Prince’s Trust scheme at our local college approached our Deaf Children’s Society. They explained that they had ‘learners’ […]

Deaf news in BSL from Remark: Netflix ruling | Lord Ashley memorial service | Deaf theatre group

June 29, 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! […]

Luke Blackburn: Losing my DLA

June 29, 2012

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So… Disability Living Allowance? Seems to be a piece of cake just getting it, no? I, myself, was once the […]

Deaf News: Five year old boy raises money for Hearing Dogs for Deaf People

June 28, 2012

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A five-year-old boy is raising funds for Hearing Dogs for Deaf People after starting his own Olympic-style ‘torch relay’ on […]

Sadaqat Ali: My concerns for the interpreting industry

June 28, 2012

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I have been connected with the Deaf community all my life (I am deaf myself) as a user of interpreting […]