Browsing Archives of Author »Charlie Swinbourne«

Lidia Best: With cinema subtitles, mine is a tale of two countries

December 21, 2017

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Recently, a new petition to improve access to cinemas for deaf and hard of hearing people in UK was set […]

Sign our petition for multiplex cinemas to dedicate one screen to subtitled films

December 19, 2017

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Following the uproar over Odeon Cinemas removing the subtitles from a deaf-accessible screening after complaints from hearing people in the […]

Charlie Swinbourne: 5 ways cinemas could give deaf people a better deal

December 19, 2017

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After posting this article, Charlie started a petition to try and make point 1, multiplexes dedicating one screen to subtitled […]

Odeon allegedly turns off subtitles at deaf-accessible screening of new Star Wars film after complaints from HEARING people

December 18, 2017

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Please sign our petition asking all multiplex cinemas to dedicate one screen to subtitled films, by clicking here. A group […]

Teresa Garratty: 8 Christmas cracker jokes about deaf people!

December 18, 2017

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Here we go again, we can’t put it off any longer…Christmas is nearly upon us. There’s lots of things to […]

Charlie Swinbourne: 10 things you should NEVER give a deaf person for Christmas

December 16, 2017

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1. DVD without subtitles Buying us a DVD without subtitles is a bit like giving a hearing person a DVD […]

Charlie Swinbourne: 9 things we learned from C4’s documentary about Mary Hare school

December 15, 2017

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Channel 4’s Extraordinary Teens documentary (watch it here) went out last night, and quickly became one of the top 5 […]

Emily Howlett: The 12 Days of Deaf Christmas

December 15, 2017

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On the twelfth day of Christmas, my deafness gave to me… Twelve bags of freebies.  (No, I wasn’t invited to […]

Charlie Swinbourne: Ahead of tonight’s C4 documentary, how do Deaf people view Mary Hare School?

December 14, 2017

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A new documentary premieres on Channel 4 tonight, called Educating Teens: School of Life and Deaf. The programme was made […]

Rebecca-Anne Withey: A deaf or hearing Christmas? Have a happy one

December 13, 2017

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There are pine needles all over my living room floor. And we have technicolour lights draping from our roof. Yes, […]