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Rebecca A Withey: Deaf Migrants in London, a research event hosted by UCL (BSL)

May 3, 2023
by Rebecca A Withey

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Stagetext launches case study recruitment drive to understand ‘landscape’ of deaf access to arts ‘outside of London’ (BSL)

May 2, 2023
by Liam O'Dell

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Tagged: access, accessibility, captions, communication, deaf, deaf access, deafened, deafness, hard of hearing, stagetext, subtitles, survey

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Rebecca A Withey: BSL poetry and the search for a BSL Poet Laureate (BSL)

May 2, 2023
by Rebecca A Withey

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Interview: The Power actor Eloise Pennycott on starring in Amazon Prime Video’s electric adaptation (BSL)

April 27, 2023
by Liam O'Dell

Tagged: access, accessibility, amazon, british sign language, BSL, communication, deaf, deaf access, deaf actor, deaf children, deaf culture, deaf identity, deaf news, deafness, disability, sign language, tv

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A silver hearing aid with a clear plastic mould, resting on a reflective glass table.

8 in 10 children’s hearing services struggle to review hearing aid fittings on time as charity calls for new ‘specialist advisor’

April 26, 2023
by Liam O'Dell

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Tagged: access, accessibility, audiology, communication, deaf, deaf children, deaf news, health, ndcs, nhs

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Review: Living with Hearing Loss and Deafness: A guide to owning it and loving it (BSL)

April 26, 2023
by Rebecca A Withey

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A group of white male firefighters being taught phrases in basic sign language by teachers and primary school children at a classroom table.

Deaf schoolchildren create ‘lifesaving’ sign language factsheet and tutorial video for Newcastle firefighters (BSL)

April 24, 2023
by Liam O'Dell

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A Black woman in a red dress sits in a chair and signs. She has ginger curly hair and to the left of her, text reads: 'Justina Miles, ASL Performer'.

Super Bowl signer Justina Miles becomes British Vogue cover star

April 21, 2023
by Liam O'Dell

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Tagged: american sign language, asl, communication, deaf, deaf access, deaf culture, deaf identity, deaf news, deafness, disability, sign language

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Ruth Montgomery tells us about her charity Audiovisability and the Calypso project working with the deaf community in Barbados

April 20, 2023
by Rebecca A Withey

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