Browsing Archives of Author »Charlie Swinbourne«

News: Report reveals government plans to treat disabled people “like actual human beings” in 2015

April 1, 2012

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A leaked government report has revealed secret coalition plans to treat deaf and disabled people “like actual human beings” just […]

Deaf news in BSL from Remark: Deaf hostage freed | Money raised for BDA | Deaf health protests

March 30, 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! […]

Meet: Phillippa Merricks, globe-trotting superstar

March 30, 2012

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I’m very excited to have the chance to interview a real globe-trotting superstar of the Deaf world, Miss Philippa Merricks! […]

Ni Gallant: My journey

March 30, 2012

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I’ve always been the kid that nobody ever notices, the one who spent most of her high school life hiding […]

Theatre review: Deafinitely Theatre’s ‘Gold Dust’

March 29, 2012

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Read my review of Deafinitely Theatre’s play Gold Dust for Disability Arts Online here. Or read on below. Family. It’s […]

Tony Barlow: In employment, are deaf people bottom of the pecking order?

March 29, 2012

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Hello! I’m Tony Barlow, an employment consultant with 10 years experience of working in employment for deaf people. My goal […]

Deaf Dad: Discovering vinyl music with Toddler

March 29, 2012

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I grew up in a deaf family, and aside from a children’s tape recorder we would sometimes record our voices […]

Reema Patel: Growing up deaf in a hearing world

March 28, 2012

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My deafness is relatively invisible, although significant (moderate to severe hearing nerve loss). I have clear speech, I can lip-read […]

Overseen: Two bankers talking on the tube

March 28, 2012

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‘Overseen’ is our strand where Deafies tell us about conversations they have ‘overseen’ (see what we did there?) in public, […]

Deaf news: Deaf diplomat quits glittering career over refusal to pay for lipspeaker

March 27, 2012

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Jane Cordell, the deaf diplomat who lost an employment tribunal and then an appeal against the Foreign and Commonwealth Office’s […]