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Tasha, a white woman with sunglasses on her head and her blonde hair tied back, sits in the beach hut on reality TV show 'Love Island'.

Love Island condemns ‘trolling’ as ‘horrible’ tweets attack Tasha’s deafness

July 4, 2022
by Liam O'Dell

Tagged: audism, cochlear implants, communication, deaf, deaf culture, deaf identity, deaf news, deafness, disability, hard of hearing, itv

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Mary-Jayne Russell de Clifford: Deafinitely Theatre’s play ‘Everyday’ about domestic abuse

July 4, 2022
by Rebecca A Withey

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Improved support for deaf children born to hearing parents to be explored in £1m study

July 4, 2022
by Liam O'Dell

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Tagged: access, accessibility, british sign language, BSL, communication, deaf, deaf access, deaf children, deaf culture, deaf education, deaf identity, deaf news, deafness, disability, education, parenting, sign language

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A metal number '4' structure outside the offices of Channel 4 in London.

Channel 4 faces further ‘technical issues’ as several shows come without subtitles on All 4

July 1, 2022
by Liam O'Dell

Tagged: access, accessibility, channel 4, communication, deaf, deaf access, deaf news, deafness, disability, sign language, subtitles, uk

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Deaf woman allegedly accused of ‘sounding drunk’ after she ‘spoke too loudly’ in pub

July 1, 2022
by Liam O'Dell

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Tagged: deaf, deaf identity, deafness, disability, menieres

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A blurry picture of a boardroom with grey chairs and a TV on a wall at the back of the room.

BSL Advisory Board will have ‘minimum of 16 members’

July 1, 2022
by Liam O'Dell

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Gavin Lilley: (BSL vlog) Why I decided to set up a BSL Watchdog page

July 1, 2022
by Rebecca A Withey

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A white man with grey, combed over hair and a black suit and blue tie sits in front of a camera and behind a white sheet. He's on a Zoom call.

Further advisory council details revealed as British Sign Language Act comes into force

June 29, 2022
by Liam O'Dell

Tagged: access, accessibility, british sign language, BSL, campaign, communication, deaf, deaf access, deaf culture, deaf identity, deaf news, deafness, disability, education, health, politics, sign language, uk, uk politics

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Brad McKenna: Deafness, the ER, and my dad

June 28, 2022
by Editor

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Juliet England: My deafie diary – where to start?

June 27, 2022
by Editor

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