Browsing Archives of Author »Charlie Swinbourne«

Mother explains why deaf son hasn’t been to school for nine months

September 18, 2018

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Jenny Lindop-Lamens talks to Juliet England about why her deaf son Jenson hasn’t been to school for nine months. Essential […]

Cuts to deaf children’s services debated by MPs in Parliament

September 17, 2018

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A shortage of Teachers of the Deaf and local authority cuts were discussed by MPs during a Parliamentary debate on […]

Deaf News: Find out the shortlist for the 10th Signature Awards

September 13, 2018

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With over 200 nominations received, the tenth anniversary of the Signature Annual Awards has now released its shortlists. The shortlisted […]

DCAL: New progress in sign-to-text technology (BSL)

September 13, 2018

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How many times have we read about amazing technology that provides automatic translation from English into sign language or automatic […]

Nyle DiMarco criticises Netflix for scene where character pretends to be deaf in ‘Sierra Burgess Is a Loser’

September 12, 2018

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Deaf model and activist Nyle DiMarco has criticised Netflix for the portrayal of a character pretending to be deaf in […]

Opportunity: Could you act in a feature film? Apply for Ted Evans’ ‘Retreat’ now

September 11, 2018

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Escape Films and 104 Films are now casting for the upcoming feature film RETREAT, which is backed by the BFI, […]

Meet: Jessica Kellgren-Fozard, a deaf YouTube presenter

September 10, 2018

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Interview by Rebecca-Anne Withey I’m not sure when exactly Jessica Kellgren-Fozard first popped up on my Twitter newsfeed, but it’s […]

Ahmed Khalifa: Subtitles please – comic book characters are impossible to lipread

September 7, 2018

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Ever since I was a child, I have been defiant and keep insisting that I should go to the cinema […]

Juliet England: Proms with a hearing loss

September 6, 2018

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Ah, the Proms. The great British music festival that’s been going since 1895, and that’s looked on with envy around […]

Watch: BSL video from the Grenfell Tower Community Monitoring Project

September 5, 2018

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A BSL video has been released by the Grenfell Tower Community Monitoring Project, informing Deaf BSL users from the area […]