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March 18, 2022

Comments Off on Meet Shezad Nawab MBE, a deaf entrepreneur!

Hello to you all! My name is Shezad Nawab MBE. I am a deaf entrepreneur based in Birmingham, West Midlands. […]

March 17, 2022

Comments Off on Rebecca A Withey: ‘signsinging for fun’ sessions, aimed at reducing isolation

Back when we were following lockdown restrictions, I ran a sign singing course online with Kakou music called Fusion Music […]

March 8, 2022

Comments Off on Kat Pearson: The importance of prep before interpreting BSL assignments!

Throughout my training I was taught the importance of preparing for an assignment. Prep improves our interpreting as we can […]

March 2, 2022

Comments Off on Rebecca A Withey: The impact of positive socialisation for deaf children

In a recent episode of See Hear (BBC1) Dr Kate Rowley mentioned that the most critical age for a deaf […]

February 28, 2022

Being a native Deaf BSL user, I have often wondered if Deaf people should ‘formally’ learn how to sign BSL? […]

February 23, 2022

Comments Off on Rebecca A Withey: Looking for a new house (and being deaf!)

In April 2021, my husband and I began house hunting. We decided to launch a search for our ‘forever home’ […]

February 22, 2022

Excitement built amongst the deaf community last week when we received the announcement that deaf artists Sean Forbes, Wawa (Warren […]

February 15, 2022

Comments Off on Interview with Alexandra James about ‘Stan’ – a new production that begins its UK tour this week!

Stan is a brand new production that began its UK tour last week. It will visit eight venues, opening in […]

February 9, 2022

I work for quite a large company and part of my job involves meeting members of the general public. Most […]

February 7, 2022

Comments Off on Meet Emi Booth, a music therapy student who is also deaf!

Hi Emi, can you firstly tell us a little bit about you? I come from a small town in Scotland […]