Liam O'Dell

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December 19, 2019

Comments Off on Deaf News: Ofcom launches consultation into BSL-interpreted 999 calls

Ofcom has announced that it is looking into allowing deaf people to contact the emergency services in British Sign Language […]

December 4, 2019

Comments Off on Meet: Mo O’Brien, aiming become the first deaf person to row the Atlantic

Dubbed “the world’s toughest row”, the Talisker Whisky Atlantic Challenge starts in La Gomera in the Canary Islands and ends […]

November 28, 2019

All major UK political parties have revealed their plans for deaf and disabled people ahead of next month’s general election. […]

November 21, 2019

Comments Off on Watch: Deaf actress Nadia Nadarajah on her new play, ‘Midnight Movie’

Deaf actress Nadia Nadarajah is to star in Midnight Movie, a new production running at the Royal Court Theatre from next […]

November 15, 2019

The arts charity Stagetext, which provides captioning services to theatres, museums and galleries, says more should be done to welcome […]

November 13, 2019

I’ve always had a bit of a distant relationship with cinema, and I’ve long joked with friends that it took […]

October 25, 2019

Comments Off on Liam O’Dell: UK theatres need to be more proactive in their quest to be more deaf-friendly

After publishing last week’s article about an event on deaf mental health, the consensus of the comments underneath was particularly […]

From a school in West Yorkshire to winning silver for Team GB in Slovenia aged 13, deaf young tennis player […]