Browsing All posts tagged under »deaf access«

Deaf News: SignHealth, Sense and RNID sign Disability Employment Charter calling for government reform of Access to Work

October 21, 2021 by

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The UK Government needs to reform its Access to Work and Disability Confident schemes in order to address disadvantages encountered […]

Liam O’Dell: The first ‘lessons learned’ report on Covid dismisses the concerns of Deaf people

October 18, 2021 by

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It was supposed to be promising. The first proper review into the UK Government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, carried […]

500 complaints to Ofcom over Channel 4’s subtitling issues as regulator meets with broadcaster

October 15, 2021 by

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Around 500 complaints have been made to Ofcom over Channel 4’s ongoing subtitling issues, the communications regulator has revealed, as […]

Deaf News: Red Bee Media ‘looking at all options’ as subtitles outage enters second week

October 8, 2021 by

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Red Bee Media have said that they are “looking at all options” to restore subtitling services to channels such as […]

Liam O’Dell: Jokes about interpreting Boris’ nonsense are poor political put-downs – stop

October 7, 2021 by

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My accessibility is not your punchline. While I am no British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter myself, I stand in solidarity […]

Deaf News: Bake Off airs without subtitles as Channel 4 suffers ‘tech issues’

September 28, 2021 by

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Deaf fans of The Great British Bake Off have taken to Twitter to complain about a lack of subtitles this evening, […]

BREAKING: Little Mix concert promoter discriminated against Deaf parents, judge rules

September 16, 2021 by

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A concert promoter discriminated against three Deaf mothers by failing to provide a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter for support […]

Deaf News: Census of sign language interpreters show just 8 percent come from ethnic minorities

September 7, 2021 by

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Researchers have warned of a “danger” that sign language interpreting could become “further institutionalised as a white profession” if action […]

Deaf News: A quarter of Deaf and disabled people feel they can’t attend an indoor live event until 2022

August 19, 2021 by

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Almost 25% of Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people feel they won’t be able to get to an indoor live event […]

Liam O’Dell: ‘CODA’ blames Deaf people for society’s inaccessibility, and it’s damaging

August 18, 2021 by

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★★ Films about Deaf people really need to stop presenting music as the antithesis to the Deaf community. Hot off […]

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