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Deaf News: Deaf survivors of child sexual abuse can share accounts via videolink

May 14, 2020

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Survivors of child sexual abuse who are Deaf will now be able to share their experiences with the Truth Project, […]

Claire Hill: Why speech-to-text reporting is easier in these Zoom times

May 13, 2020

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As a speech-to-text reporter who specialises in theatre and conferences, the social distancing measures introduced in March, and then the […]

Emily Howlett: Our frantic online interaction needs to be worth it 

May 8, 2020

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We live in a world that has, in recent years, become too fast for us. The speed at which society […]

Deaf teenager teaches 7000 people BSL during Deaf Awareness Week

May 5, 2020

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A 15-year-old from Birmingham is being heralded for getting thousands of people across the country learning British Sign Language (BSL) […]

Sandra Norburn: My experience of acquired deafness – Deaf Awareness Week

May 5, 2020

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Hello, and Happy Deaf Awareness Week!   I hope you’re doing ok at this strange and worrying time. Isolating is […]

Obituary: Reuben Conrad, psychologist working with deaf children & Trustee of Deaf Studies Trust

May 5, 2020

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Reuben Conrad passed away on 17 March 2020 at the age of 103. Reuben Conrad’s studies in Psychology were interrupted by […]

Emily Howlett: 5 positives about being deaf during lockdown

May 1, 2020

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1) Video chat I, personally, had never used Zoom before the lockdown. I, personally, see no reason to begin using […]

Poem: #WhereIsTheInterpreter, by Lisa Kelly

April 30, 2020

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Sign up to be part of the legal case here. Sign up for the petition for an interpreter on daily government […]

Linda Day: As BSL teaching expands, Deaf teachers of sign language need to be valued

April 27, 2020

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It is 40 years since the Sign Language Learning project team at Bristol University first made a survey of classes […]

Alex Nowak: My Chernobyl connection

April 26, 2020

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On the 34th anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Deaf actor Alex Nowak tells us about his family connection to […]

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