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Professor Graham Turner: 10 key issues relating to the Access to Work crisis (BSL)

October 30, 2014 by

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While The Limping Chicken has made sure that Deaf people are appropriately stirred up about ATW, See Hear and William […]

Watch: Shocking CCTV footage of Deaf and partially sighted man being pushed onto train tracks

October 27, 2014 by

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Two men from Essex have been jailed for 22 months and nine months respectively following a horrific incident where they […]

Geraldine O’Halloran: Update on the Stop Changes to Access to Work campaign (BSL)

October 23, 2014 by

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Hello, my name’s Geraldine O’Halloran. I’m one of the founding members of the Stop Changes to AtW group. I’d just […]

Dave Weeds: Why I’m running marathons on 7 continents (including the Antarctic) for the NDCS

October 19, 2014 by

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In 2008, shortly after turning 31 I wanted to do something ‘life defining’ that I could look back on in […]

Emily Howlett: For my young son, signing is last week’s trick. Speech has taken over…

October 14, 2014 by

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Do you know, even before there was the remotest chance I might ever become a mother, I was a great […]

Deaf News: Key sign language mental health service for Deaf people “slowly dying” due to lack of NHS funds (BSL)

October 10, 2014 by

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A mental health service for Deaf people has been forced to cut much-needed staff due to lack of funding, just […]

Matt Dixon: Campaigners need to think again about how they communicate with the deaf community (BSL)

October 9, 2014 by

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I write this article as more of a plea rather than a news item. Like many other people, as well […]

Deaf News: BSL SignBank, a ‘living’ British Sign Language dictionary, is launched online

October 7, 2014 by

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Now anyone with an interest in British Sign Language (BSL) will have access to the first ever usage-based dictionary created […]

Deaf News: Minister for Culture and Digital Economy gives online interpreting platform the thumbs up

October 3, 2014 by

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On Tuesday, Ed Vaizey, the Minister of State for Culture and the Digital Economy, visited one of our supporters, Sign […]

Lesley Weatherson: Find out all about Lipspeaking with Signed Support (LSS)

September 25, 2014 by

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I’m deaf. I lip read and I find some signs help me. Can you help? A regular request for lipspeakers […]