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October 29, 2018

Comments Off on Deaf homeless man turns car park space in Cornwall into home (via BBC)

The BBC has reported on the story of a deaf homeless man who has turned a car park space in […]

October 26, 2018

In 1868 Charles Dickens published a little-known novelette entitled ‘Dr Marigold’ where the education of a deaf beggar girl exceeded […]

October 25, 2018

Comments Off on Juliet England: A tale of two complaints

We all know that customer service for us those of us with fabric ears is far from everything it should […]

October 24, 2018

Comments Off on Deaf News: Volunteers needed for new Youth Club in Doncaster

Young people in Doncaster are set to benefit from a new Youth Club at Doncaster Deaf Trust thanks to a […]

October 23, 2018

Comments Off on Poem: Kaitlin Smith’s ‘Deaf in the Summer’

Deaf in the Summer Noise fizzles, waits for a catching moment, then—silence. I slide my hearing aids down into my […]

October 22, 2018

Comments Off on Watch: Deaf dance troupe seek to change perceptions (via BBC)

The BBC has released a video featuring ‘House of Krip’, a Deaf dance troupe who have ‘adapted the rhythms to […]

October 19, 2018

I’m not normally the biggest fan of museums. History and art weren’t really strong subjects for me at school, and […]

October 18, 2018

It is a year since my first sign language book, How to Sign Animals with Terry the Monkey, appeared in paperback. […]

October 17, 2018

Comments Off on Valli Gideons: Things I want people to know about my deaf kids

If you speak in a quiet voice, they can not hear you. When they are in a place with background noise, […]

October 16, 2018

Ray Bradshaw may be the first comic to perform his gigs in oral English and British Sign Language at the […]