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Shahab Reza: What it was like to be deaf and in prison

June 13, 2019

Shahab Reza was in prison from July 2014 to April 2018. Can I first set the scene as to what […]

Deaf News: Lancashire Deaf Service goes into administration

June 12, 2019

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Just weeks after it was announced that Walsall Deaf Centre will close, it has now been revealed that Lancashire Deaf […]

Daniel Kostick: Sign my petition for a BSL Act in England

June 12, 2019

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Sign Daniel’s petition here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/258079 On 14th May 2019 I created a petition to put in law what already exists […]

Research shows 46% of Deaf students start university without full support

June 11, 2019

New report reveals 46% of deaf students who need support at university were still waiting for it when their course […]

Emma Colton: 7 things that might surprise you about the deaf world

June 10, 2019

Seven things that I have learnt about deaf people and the deaf world that may surprise you: (MOST) DEAF PEOPLE […]

Carly Sygrove: Living with Single-Sided Deafness

June 7, 2019

I lost the hearing in my left ear through sudden hearing loss in August 2016. There wasn’t a known cause […]

Survey: Tell us what you think of Limping Chicken!

June 6, 2019

In the seven years since I started this site, we’ve posted over 3500 blogs, and clocked up over 6 million […]

Paul Redfern: It’s time to protect Deaf children from sexual abuse

June 4, 2019

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Paul Redfern is a Deaf facilitator at the Truth Project, part of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse. To […]

Deaf News: Deaf people invited to share experiences of child sexual abuse with Truth Project (BSL)

June 4, 2019

To see this in BSL, click here. The Truth Project is launching a new service to enable Deaf people who […]

Tyron Woolfe: What’s #motherfatherwell all about? Read on… (with BSL)

May 29, 2019

MotherFatherWell? What is #motherfatherwell? There’s even a hashtag on it(!) Watch Tyron signing his article below, or scroll down to […]