Rebecca A Withey

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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 […]

April 25, 2025

I am a deaf person, fortunate enough to enjoy a long and varied career in theatre and the arts. I […]

April 10, 2025

Comments Off on Deaf students in Exeter lead the way in police awareness training (BSL)

A group of Deaf students from Devon is pioneering a national training initiative to help police officers across the UK […]