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One in four cinemas failed to show a single subtitled screening during Deaf Awareness Week promotion

May 13, 2022

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A quarter of UK cinemas didn’t put on any subtitled screenings during last week’s Deaf Awareness Week, despite the UK […]

Interview: Paula Garfield on ‘Everyday’ and 20 years of Deafinitely Theatre

May 10, 2022

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Content warning: Please note this article discusses domestic abuse. As Deafinitely Theatre prepares for the world premiere of their play […]

SEND Review consultation finally comes with British Sign Language version a month after launch

May 9, 2022

A UK Government consultation into proposed reforms to special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) provision has finally come with a […]

Liam O’Dell: Google invited me to test out Live Transcribe – here’s what I think

May 9, 2022

Just how good are Google’s captioning capabilities? Well, we’ve all logged onto YouTube and relied on automatic captions to understand […]

Rose Ayling-Ellis and Giovanni Pernice win Must-See Moment BAFTA for ‘silent’ Strictly dance

May 8, 2022

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EastEnders actress Rose Ayling-Ellis and her Strictly dance partner Giovanni Pernice have won the Must-See Moment award at this year’s BAFTA TV Awards. […]

Rose Ayling-Ellis to become first celebrity to sign CBeebies Bedtime Story

May 6, 2022

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EastEnders actress and Strictly winner Rose Ayling-Ellis will be the first person to deliver a CBeebies Bedtime Story in British Sign […]

Deaf instructor to release new series of workouts on ‘Body Coach’ app

May 5, 2022

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Deaf fitness coach India Morse, who runs ‘You Lean Me Up’, is to launch a series of new accessible workouts […]

NRCPD to consult on new complaints process next month

May 5, 2022

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The National Registers of Communication Professionals working with Deaf and DeafBlind people (NRCPD) are to launch a consultation on a […]

RNID pulls out of cinema subtitling project citing ‘little progress’ over last three years

May 3, 2022

The Royal National Institute for Deaf people (RNID) has withdrawn from the UK Cinema Association’s (UKCA) Subtitling Challenge Fund, it […]

British Sign Language app goes free for Deaf Awareness Week

May 3, 2022

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A British Sign Language app will be making all of its lessons free for Deaf Awareness Week, in a bid […]