Liam O'Dell

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March 19, 2021

The special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) assessment system has been strongly criticised in a new report by independent researchers, […]

March 15, 2021

The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill finally allows Deaf jurors to have a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter […]

March 10, 2021

The deaf health charity SignHealth has said they are “very concerned” about the future of BSL Health Access, with NHS […]

March 9, 2021

British Sign Language (BSL) users will be able to take part in jury service under new Government proposals unveiled today. […]

March 3, 2021

What could have been a great day for deaf awareness has instead become rather… icky. World Hearing Day, founded by […]

March 1, 2021

A High Court judge has granted permission for the judicial review against the UK Government, over its refusal to provide […]

February 25, 2021

Comments Off on Deaf News: Zoom to offer free automatic captions to all users by autumn 2021

The video conferencing app Zoom has announced that it plans to make automatic captions free and available to all users […]

February 25, 2021

Comments Off on Deaf News: Ofcom launches further consultation on 999 video relay service

The communications regulator Ofcom has announced it is consulting further on proposals to introduce an emergency video relay service (VRS) […]

February 24, 2021

Comments Off on Deaf News: British Sign Language Bill proposal passes in Welsh Parliament

The Welsh Parliament has voted to support a motion proposing a British Sign Language (BSL) Bill for Wales, in a […]

February 23, 2021

A campaign has been launched calling on the United Nations to expand its Convention on the Rights of the Child […]