Browsing Archives of Author »Charlie Swinbourne«

Rebecca-Anne Withey: The hardest thing for me – as a Deaf parent to a Deaf child 

May 22, 2018

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It was daunting last year when I navigated choosing schools for the first time with my son. Selecting the school, […]

Emily Howlett: A little bit of Deaf Awareness goes a long way

May 21, 2018

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Firstly, let me start by agreeing with what you are thinking; this is nothing new. Time and again, the d/Deaf […]

Wayne Barrow: BSL vs SSE – The Big Debate

May 18, 2018

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For those of you who don’t know me, let me introduce myself before I give you my honest opinions. My […]

Deaf News: Disabled candidate election fund restored… for one year

May 18, 2018

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Disabled would-be MPs have forced the government to restore a disabled candidate election fund, but the Fund will only run […]

Read: Deaf-specialist teachers are a lifeline – the state must not cut them (via The Guardian)

May 17, 2018

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The Guardian has published a comment article by freelance journalist Josh Salisbury about the importance of Teachers of the Deaf […]

Teresa Garratty: My view on the 8th amendment referendum in Ireland

May 17, 2018

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Disclaimer: I know I usually write about trivial inane drivel but ****’s about to get real…brace yo’ selves. My work […]

Sophie Meekings: Profoundly hecking deaf

May 16, 2018

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Recently I was at a conference chatting to a dude I’d just met, and it transpired that his research was […]

Watch: BBC video showing impact of government cuts to support for D/deaf children

May 16, 2018

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It has been widely reported this week that D/deaf children are facing £4 million of further cuts to educational support, […]

Professor Graham H. Turner: How Eurovision signed up a storm

May 15, 2018

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This post was previously posted on LifeinLincs, and is reposted here by kind permission. Not for the first time, the […]

Deaf Awareness Week: ITV to screen signed adverts during tonight’s Coronation Street!

May 14, 2018

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ITV is set to mark Deaf Awareness Week with an all-signed advertising break during tonight’s episodes of Coronation Street. The […]