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The Secret Deafie: I was livid when my Deaf grandmother had an operation without being able to communicate with nurses

June 16, 2014 by Editor

Do you have a story or experience you’d like to share? If you’d like to write a Secret Deafie column, […]

Deaf News: Vodafone teams up with SignVideo so Deaf customers can contact them in BSL

June 13, 2014 by Editor

Our supporter SignVideo has agreed to work with Vodafone, one of the world’s leading mobile communications providers, to offer deaf […]

Watch: Lost Community, a moving documentary about the closure of Bristol Deaf Club

June 12, 2014 by Editor

Deaf director David Ellington has made this short documentary for the BSL Zone about the closure of his local Deaf […]

Anonymous: How my son benefited from accessing his education with skilled sign language support

June 11, 2014 by Editor

Deaf children in education have a variety of experiences, and not all of them good. With national cuts to services, […]

Rebecca-Anne Withey: Signsong is a way for Deaf performers to embody a song

June 10, 2014 by Editor

Signsong tends to spark a love it/hate it response from the Deaf community. However as a performer and tutor of […]

The Secret Deafie: The teacher who embarrassed me in front of the class

June 6, 2014 by Editor

The Secret Deafie is a series of anonymous columns written by different writers. This dates back to years ago when […]

Deaf News: Lancashire Deaf Rights Group meet their local MP after lobbying him in Parliament

May 28, 2014 by Editor

The members of the Lancashire Deaf Rights Group have met their local MP, Mark Hendrick (Preston) and the Leader of […]

Colette Brewer: What’s different about growing up with a deaf sibling

May 27, 2014 by Editor

I’m a SODA (Sibling of a Deaf Adult)… I have grown up with a deaf sister, who is two years […]

Liam O’Dell: Are deaf people more empathetic?

May 23, 2014 by Editor

Body language and communication experts, along with psychologists, have all stressed the importance of body language and gestures in communicating […]

Deaf News: Are Deaf people being left out of the Scottish independence debate?

May 21, 2014 by Editor

Three months ago, Toby Dawson wrote an article for this site about how Scottish independence would be an opportunity for […]