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March 12, 2025

Comments Off on Cathy Mager: Lighting up Liverpool with the world’s largest sign language projection (BSL)

On a recent memorable night in Liverpool, my company Spectroscope staged the world’s largest sign language projection. The monumental projection […]

March 6, 2025

Comments Off on Kirsteen Allison: The barriers to mental health support if you’re deaf (BSL)

When I was experiencing anxiety, I quickly realised how inaccessible mental health services can be for deaf people—especially those who […]

March 5, 2025

Comments Off on Lisa Kelly: Why BSL poets should apply to the Forward Prizes for Poetry (BSL)

To see entry guidance with BSL translation, click here. This year I’m excited to be one of the judges of […]

February 24, 2025

Comments Off on Go See: Premieres of new comedies and dramas with LumoTV (BSL)

LumoTV – the new name for BSL Zone – presents the Premieres of The Chris Baker Show & Where The […]

February 22, 2025

Audism is the belief that hearing and speaking are superior to being deaf and using sign language. It leads to […]

February 19, 2025

Comments Off on Support petition to improve registration, regulation and oversight of Deafblind interpreters/communicator guides (BSL)

A petition has been launched by Sarah Reed to improve registration, regulation and oversight of Deafblind interpreters and communicator guides. […]

February 17, 2025

I should begin by saying that I’m deafblind. I was registered blind when I was 3 and by the time […]

February 13, 2025

Comments Off on Tim Reedy: Working as an expert forensic lipreader (BSL)

My name is Tim Reedy and I am an expert forensic lipreader. This means I can lipread video camera footage […]

February 10, 2025

Comments Off on Jason Tennant: Being a BSL tour guide (BSL)

For the past 8 years, I have had the great joy of working as a BSL tour guide, sharing my […]

February 6, 2025

Comments Off on Stuart Harrison: The End of Deaf Cricket Australia: A legacy lost but not forgotten (BSL)

A Heartbreaking Decision That Shakes the Deaf Sporting Community On January 31st, 2025, members of Deaf Cricket Australia (DCA) gathered […]