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British Deaf Association issues statement on ‘unacceptable’ Olly Murs Makaton video

October 11, 2022 by

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The British Deaf Association (BDA) has issued a statement criticising a video in which musician Olly Murs performed a version […]

Birmingham NHS Trust fined over failure to obtain consent to treat Deaf patient

October 10, 2022 by

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University Hospitals Birmingham (UHB) NHS Foundation Trust has had to pay £8,000 in fines after they failed to obtain consent […]

A Bot Topic: Debate continues over the role AI interpreting has in BSL access industry

September 28, 2022 by

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A conversation around artificial intelligence’s place in the British Sign Language (BSL) interpreting profession is continuing to develop, sparking difficult […]

NHS hearing aids ‘available to everyone’ in UK after North Staffordshire drops controversial restrictions

September 26, 2022 by

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Free NHS hearing aids are now available to anyone in the UK who needs them, after Staffordshire and Stoke on Trent’s […]

Liam O’Dell: Testing out Paraorchestra’s TouchSound device

September 26, 2022 by

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Haptic, vibration-based tech appears to be growing in popularity. It was just a couple of months ago that I was […]

Where Is The Interpreter compensation case adjourned to December amid paperwork dispute

September 23, 2022 by

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A court case to determine whether 276 Deaf people should be compensated by the UK Government for nine inaccessible Covid […]

Registration opens for latest ‘Where Is The Interpreter’ court case

September 17, 2022 by

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Further details have been released concerning how to support the next court case over ‘Where Is The Interpreter’, which takes […]

National Cinema Day event to offer at least one subtitled screening at every major cinema

September 2, 2022 by

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The UK Cinema Association (UKCA) has announced National Cinema Day will take place this Saturday, with Empire, ODEON, Vue and […]

Rose Ayling-Ellis to present ‘hard-hitting’ BBC documentary on deaf discrimination

August 25, 2022 by

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Strictly Come Dancing winner Rose Ayling-Ellis is to explore the “daily challenges, discrimination and barriers faced by deaf individuals” in a new […]

Deaf children achieve whole GCSE grade lower than other children for SEVENTH year running

August 24, 2022 by

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The UK Government has been urged to “level the playing field” for deaf children, after analysis of last year’s GCSE […]

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