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Deaf News: Netflix to offer 100% captioning in the USA, but the UK trails behind

October 15, 2012 by

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After being sued by America’s National Association of the Deaf, the video streaming company Netflix have agreed to offer captions […]

Deaf News: Bizarre Ofsted consultation document uses BSL ‘symbols’ to reach Deaf children

June 11, 2012 by

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It’s vital that organisations make their documents and resources accessible to Deaf BSL users, but I’ve never seen anything like […]

Asher Woodman-Worrell: How my friend Ben Thomson conquered university

April 25, 2012 by

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I was recently asked by the editor of this site to write an article about my university experiences, after appearing […]

Deaf news: Deaf contestant set to appear on BBC2’s Mastermind

April 18, 2012 by

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A profoundly deaf contestant is set for an appearance in the famous black chair on this Friday’s edition of BBC2’s […]

Deaf Dad: Deaf fathers need equal access to pregnancy information

March 8, 2012 by

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There’s a bit of a departure from the usual column this week, because I want to tell you about a […]

Michelle Hedley: I ♥ STAGETEXT

March 8, 2012 by

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I am deaf (from birth) with a severe hearing loss – I communicate via speech and lipreading. I have been […]

Deaf news: Theatre company calls deaf patron a “deaf bugger”

March 6, 2012 by

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Joseph Fagan, 60, is a partially deaf theatre fan who uses hearing aids and lipreading to communicate. He has been […]

Meet: Jill Hipson, the deafie who took on the banks

February 29, 2012 by

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Jill Hipson, who lives with her husband Chris in Berkhamsted in Herts, found herself at the centre of a double-page […]