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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 […]

Sign up to be part of legal case for BSL interpreters at daily TV crisis briefings (with BSL)

April 24, 2020

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Sign up to be part of the legal case here. A legal case is being launched which seeks to ensure […]

Watch: Definitely Theatre plays online for free!

April 24, 2020

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Some of Deafinitely Theatre’s most acclaimed plays will be made available online on the company’s YouTube channel to watch for free […]

Read: Guardian obituary for sign language interpreter Alan Haythornwaite

April 24, 2020

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The Guardian has published an obituary for sign language interpreter Alan Haythornthwaite, who sadly passed away last week. The obituary, […]

Gemma Sills: Online activities (for all Deaf people!) from Gloucestershire Deaf Association

April 24, 2020

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Photo: Reg and Yvonne Cobb. To join in, wherever you are, head  over to the GDA Facebook page – https://www.facebook.com/GDAGlos/ […]

Jo Wootten: Captioning remote meetings and other useful resources for deaf people

April 17, 2020

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This is a companion article to my article for Limping Chicken ‘Tips for working remotely when you’re deaf’ which was […]