Browsing Archives of Author »Charlie Swinbourne«

Gemma Jones: Being able to sign with your deaf child shouldn’t depend on how wealthy you are

June 19, 2018

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I have to start with a disclaimer; a warning, an apology of sorts for how emotional this subject makes me. […]

Juliet England: Performing in a hearing theatre group – Act II

June 18, 2018

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Regular readers may remember my dronings about treading the boards in a group of hearing actors. Earlier in the year, […]

Clara O’Donnell: Why I started a blog about having a deaf daughter

June 15, 2018

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My name is Clara and I am the proud mum of a girl called Daisy, she is five and a […]

Frances Lewin: Help me carry out research into support for deaf students

June 14, 2018

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Following Hamza Shaikh’s blog yesterday about the challenges he faced at university, I want to tell you about some research […]

Hamza Shaikh: The challenges deaf students face at university

June 13, 2018

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My name is Hamza. I am from Birmingham; I was brought up by my hearing parents and I have three […]

Juliet England: Performing in a hearing theatre group – Act III  

June 12, 2018

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Photos by Aidan Moran.  I have already written at some length about coping with a hearing loss in a non-deaf company […]

Read: The deaf patients ‘left behind’ by the NHS (via BBC News)

June 11, 2018

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The BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme has reported on how a lack of BSL interpreters is meaning that deaf patients are […]

Deaf News: See Hear presenter to appear on Antiques Roadshow

June 8, 2018

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A Deaf presenter of See Hear is set to appear on this Sunday’s episode of BBC1’s Antiques Roadshow celebrating the […]

Deaf News: Deaf couple in America claim they were mocked at KFC

June 7, 2018

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A woman has complained about the treatment her Deaf parents allegedly received at KFC in Mississipi, America, in a video […]

Rebecca-Anne Withey: The perks of being deaf

June 6, 2018

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I know being deaf can sometimes (or mostly) feel like you’re a square peg in a round hole, trying to […]