Liam O'Dell

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September 22, 2021

Lengthy delays to Access to Work payments – sometimes of many months – are causing severe anxiety for communication professionals, […]

September 18, 2021

Comments Off on LIVE BLOG: ‘Deaf Night’ on BBC One as Rose Ayling-Ellis takes on Strictly and Gabriella Leon exits Casualty

BBC One will feature back-to-back Deaf representation this evening, with EastEnders actress Rose Ayling-Ellis set to make her first appearance as […]

September 16, 2021

Comments Off on BREAKING: Little Mix concert promoter discriminated against Deaf parents, judge rules

A concert promoter discriminated against three Deaf mothers by failing to provide a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter for support […]

September 8, 2021

Comments Off on 75% of disabled people want next year’s Covid inquiry to investigate their experience, survey finds

More than three quarters of disabled people believe an inquiry into the UK’s response to the coronavirus pandemic should look […]

September 7, 2021

Researchers have warned of a “danger” that sign language interpreting could become “further institutionalised as a white profession” if action […]

September 4, 2021

Comments Off on Deaf News: Native sign language users process visual body movements faster, Gallaudet study suggests

Native American Sign Language (ASL) users require less effort to understand human motions and can process them faster than hearing […]

September 1, 2021

Comments Off on Raymond Antrobus’ ‘All The Names Given’ is a flourishing collection on acceptance

What’s in a name? That’s certainly one question poet Raymond Antrobus looks to answer in the opening to All The […]

August 19, 2021

Comments Off on Deaf News: A quarter of Deaf and disabled people feel they can’t attend an indoor live event until 2022

Almost 25% of Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people feel they won’t be able to get to an indoor live event […]

August 18, 2021

★★ Films about Deaf people really need to stop presenting music as the antithesis to the Deaf community. Hot off […]

August 16, 2021

Comments Off on Deaf News: Liverpool’s GPs to offer BSL through service run by Deaf people and interpreters

British Sign Language (BSL) services for GP surgeries in Liverpool will be provided by the first organisation co-run by Deaf […]