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January 29, 2020

Comments Off on NDCS launches campaign for cinema subtitles as 85% of deaf children miss out

Thousands of deaf children across the UK are missing out on going to the cinema because films aren’t being shown […]

January 24, 2020

Comments Off on Paddy Ladd: Why you should see The Extraordinary Wall Of Silence on its nationwide tour

The arts have played an invaluable role in breaking down the walls of silence surrounding the oppression of minorities. But […]

January 16, 2020

It truly is the simple things in life that make it a better place. Today I cried. I cried tears […]

January 10, 2020

Review by Donna Williams. Midnight Movie, a play written by Eve Leigh and directed by Rachel Bagshaw, ran at the […]

January 8, 2020

Comments Off on NHS ‘Help Us Help You’ campaign returns with accessible information (with BSL video)

This winter, NHS England and NHS Improvement is relaunching its Winter Response ‘Help Us, Help You campaign’ to help the […]

December 24, 2019

Thank you to all our readers and supporters, plus everyone who has contributed to the site, from the writing team […]

December 24, 2019

Comments Off on Christmas Poem: Colin Thomson’s ‘Odd One Out’ (with BSL video)

Watch Colin performing his poem in BSL below, or scroll down to read the poem in English. So this is Christmas […]

December 16, 2019

Comments Off on “Harriet has my hearing loss.” Meet: Samantha Baines, author of children’s book Harriet Versus the Galaxy

Buy Harriet Versus the Galaxy via Amazon here. Congratulations on the book! What was the inspiration for the character of Harriet? […]

December 9, 2019

It has been just over three years since my sudden hearing loss, which left me profoundly deaf in my left […]

December 3, 2019

Comments Off on Chris Bradley: How I became a deaf guitarist

Over 10 years ago i saw that there were guitar lessons availlable at our local college at night school. I […]