Rebecca A Withey

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June 25, 2025

Comments Off on Author Jan Dunning on her latest book, ‘The Last Thing You’ll Hear’ and her experience of deafness (BSL)

Hello! I’m Jan, and I’m an author of teen and young adult fiction. I live in Bath, with my husband […]

June 24, 2025

Comments Off on Tina Costi on competing in a Bikini Bodybuilding competition! (BSL)

Tina Costi, a deaf woman from London, recently competed in her very first body building competition, taking home several medals. […]

June 16, 2025

Comments Off on Empowering Deaf Society reflect on “Empowered through BSL” – an event celebrating deaf people, culture and language (BSL)

In a landmark event held during Deaf Awareness Week 2025, leaders from politics, education, and the Deaf community gathered in […]

June 12, 2025

When an old school friend, Martine Monksfield, shared a video online about being unexpectedly visited by Jehovah’s Witnesses, she received […]

June 9, 2025

Comments Off on The University of East Anglia tracks baby brainwaves to give deaf infants a head start (BSL)

A major new effort is underway at the University of East Anglia to help deaf children born to hearing parents […]

June 3, 2025

Comments Off on Rebecca A Withey: The new LumoTV show DeSign got me thinking about accessibility in living space (BSL)

As someone who adores design related television shows, I recently enjoyed LumoTV’s brand new show, DeSign where a team of […]

May 19, 2025

Comments Off on Creative access consultant Jonny Cotsen tells us about Bluebelle, a new show by visual theatre company Theatre Re (BSL)

Hi Jonny, can you tell us a bit about you? I am Jonny Cotsen. I am based in Cardiff, Wales […]

May 8, 2025

Comments Off on Chris Laing – director of the Silent Buttons campaign – tells us about the inspiration behind the project

Hi Chris, firstly can you introduce who you are and what you do? I’m an architectural designer currently studying my […]

April 30, 2025

I’m sure most readers will empathise with me when I talk about the times that I’ve frightened hearing people off. […]

April 28, 2025

Comments Off on Melissa Wiseman: BSL is for everyone – my experience of learning BSL as an autistic person (BSL)

It’s a week since I watched Rose Ayling Ellis present her documentary; Old Hands, New Tricks, and I’m still feeling […]