It’s telling that Oscar winner Troy Kotsur’s acceptance speech in American Sign Language was interpreted for a hearing audience, yet […]
April 4, 2022 by Liam O'Dell
Jenny Sealey, artistic director of the deaf and disabled theatre company Graeae, is to make history this month, when she […]
April 1, 2022 by Liam O'Dell
Comments Off on New emergency video relay service to be known as ‘999 BSL’
A new video relay service (VRS) which will enable British Sign Language (BSL) users to contact 999 in an emergency […]
April 1, 2022 by Liam O'Dell
Comments Off on CBBC’s Newsround to launch daily BSL bulletins
The popular children’s news programme Newsround, which celebrates its 50th anniversary on Monday, is to launch a daily version of […]
March 31, 2022 by Liam O'Dell
A Deaf man from London is the first person in the UK to become a fully qualified and registered relay-intralingual […]
March 25, 2022 by Liam O'Dell
A Bill to legally recognise British Sign Language (BSL) cleared its latest Parliamentary stage on Friday, when it received overwhelming […]
March 25, 2022 by Liam O'Dell
Comments Off on BSL Act Now: British Sign Language Bill’s explanatory notes updated ahead of second reading
The explanatory note detailing the British Sign Language (BSL) Bill and its functions has been updated now it is in […]
March 18, 2022 by Liam O'Dell
Comments Off on British Sign Language Bill passes final Commons stages as Deaf rally marks ‘momentous’ win
A Bill recognising British Sign Language (BSL) in law cleared its latest hurdle in Parliament on Friday, when MPs backed […]
March 15, 2022 by Liam O'Dell
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Martene Monksfield, president of the British Association of Teachers of the Deaf (BATOD), and textile artist Omeima Mudawi-Rowlings MBE, are […]
March 11, 2022 by Liam O'Dell
Comments Off on Covid inquiry fails to explicitly mention disability once as it consults on draft terms of reference
The public inquiry scrutinising the UK’s response to the coronavirus pandemic has published a list of areas it may investigate, […]
April 5, 2022 by Liam O'Dell
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