Rebecca A Withey

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March 20, 2026

Comments Off on Samera Jones: Why I’m giving back to the deaf community with a charity fundraiser (BSL)

Hi everyone, I’m Samera, and I want to share my journey of learning British Sign Language (BSL) — as well […]

March 17, 2026

Comments Off on Insight: If I could go back in time, I wouldn’t wrap my deaf child up in cotton wool (BSL)

I didn’t realise I was doing it at the time. In my mind, I felt I was protecting them by […]

March 11, 2026

Comments Off on Sarah Ann Mather: Growing up as a deaf musician and becoming a music teacher (BSL)

I was diagnosed with progressive hearing loss when I was 6 years old in school. I had passed my newborn […]

March 10, 2026

Dear little one – I saw you watching me as I signed to a friend today. I hadn’t seen my […]

March 6, 2026

Comments Off on Lian Chen: Life as a deaf British-Chinese woman and how I celebrate the Chinese New Year (BSL)

My name is Lian, and I was born in Bristol, England, to parents who moved here from China before I […]

March 3, 2026

Comments Off on Signature’s ‘School of Signs’ programme is now in more than 2,000 schools across the UK (BSL)

Signature, the UK’s leading awarding body for deaf communication and language qualifications, has announced the release of five new episodes […]

March 2, 2026

Comments Off on Jessie Mycroft: A Valentines reflection by a Cochlear Implant User (BSL)

Valentine’s Day is all about romance: whispered sweet nothings, candlelit dinners, and long conversations that stretch into the night. For […]

February 25, 2026

Comments Off on Roe McDonnell: How television show Bluey created a new lexicon for Auslan in the episode of Turtleboy (BSL)

Firstly, a disclaimer. Whilst I’m two years into my BA Deaf Studies after working in TV for two years, this […]

February 24, 2026

Comments Off on Michael Fellowes on his journey as a writer and his new book, Scarlet and the White (BSL)

My name is Michael Fellowes and I’m the author of Scarlet and the White. I became severely deaf through meningitis […]

February 17, 2026

Comments Off on Anna Storm on her role working as a coach (BSL)

Hello everyone! My name is Anna, and I’m a coach working with Deaf and Disabled people, and parents/carers of Deaf […]