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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 […]

Theatre Review: Love’s Labour’s Lost, by Deafinitely Theatre

May 23, 2012 by

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’37 Plays. 37 Languages.’ This is the tag line for the Globe Theatre’s Globe to Globe season, hosting theatre companies […]

Charlie Swinbourne: Does the word ‘deaf’ need to be redefined?

April 23, 2012 by

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This morning I was tweeted by Curtis Alcock, a partner in a Hearing Centre (where hearing aids and other services […]

Signs of a sexual nature: Do deaf people wear hearing aids in bed?

April 10, 2012 by

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Here’s an article from an anonymous expert, who we’ll call Deaf Sex Guru (alas, not his real name). A reader […]

Andrew Hearn: I’m a member of The Untouchables

April 5, 2012 by

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I’m an Untouchable. No, I’m not a fedora-wearing head of an illegal family firm. I’m being literal – hearies refuse […]

Donna Williams: Performing at Signing Hands Across the Water

April 3, 2012 by

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Earlier this month, I had the incredible privilege of flying over to Philadelphia to take part in Signing Hands Across […]

Deaf news: Maria Zedda interviewed for Cosmopolitan Italy!

April 3, 2012 by

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(Photo courtesy of Chiara Ceolin, article courtesy of Alessandra Greco, Cosmopolitan Italia) When we published our interview with Maria Zedda […]

Deaf news: Deaf patient ‘deeply offended’ after being labelled deaf and dumb in hospital notes

April 2, 2012 by

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The Enfield Independent has reported how a local deaf man was “deeply offended” after notes in a hospital file labelled […]

Deaf news in BSL from Remark: Deaf hostage freed | Money raised for BDA | Deaf health protests

March 30, 2012 by

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Click on the titles to go to Remark’s website, then click ‘BSL’ to watch the news in beautiful sign language! […]

Meet: Phillippa Merricks, globe-trotting superstar

March 30, 2012 by

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I’m very excited to have the chance to interview a real globe-trotting superstar of the Deaf world, Miss Philippa Merricks! […]