Browsing All posts tagged under »deaf access«

Deaf News: Pressure mounts on Government and Labour as #WhereIsTheInterpreter campaign progresses

October 16, 2020 by

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Calls for UK political leaders to make their coronavirus statements accessible to the Deaf community have ramped up this week, […]

Revealed: BBC News Channel to only offer BSL interpretation for ministerial COVID briefings

September 22, 2020 by

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The BBC News Channel will only provide a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter for coronavirus press conferences from the Prime […]

Deaf News: Where Is The Interpreter campaign launches Deaf Walk fundraiser

September 21, 2020 by

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Deaf presenter Lynn Stewart-Taylor is to walk from Cardiff to London next month, to raise funds for the Where Is […]

Exclusive: BBC declined Government request to show signed Coronavirus briefings on BBC One

August 24, 2020 by

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The BBC refused a request from Government officials to broadcast the daily coronavirus briefings on BBC One with a British […]

Deaf News: DWP to improve services for deaf customers in new legal agreement

August 20, 2020 by

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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is to better its support for deaf customers using video relay, it has […]

Revealed: UK Government failed to consider equalities impact for coronavirus briefings

August 5, 2020 by

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The UK Government did not carry out an Equalities Impact Assessment for its daily statements on coronavirus, The Limping Chicken […]

Deaf News: Judicial review over #WhereIsTheInterpreter put on hold

July 29, 2020 by

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The deaf activist behind the campaign to have a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter present at UK Government briefings has […]

Deaf News: Bristol NHS Nightingale Hospital responds to Makaton controversy

July 7, 2020 by

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Bristol’s NHS Nightingale Hospital has confirmed that their use of Makaton is “solely as a staff to staff communication mechanism”, […]

Liam O’Dell: Drive-in cinemas leave subtitles out of their plans for screenings as lockdown eases

July 1, 2020 by

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The issue of a lack of subtitled cinema has been a topic long discussed on The Limping Chicken, even before […]

Deaf News: Campaigners reveal legal challenges as #WhereIsTheInterpreter campaign continues

June 23, 2020 by

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The Government has been given a deadline of a week to respond to 280 letters from Deaf people over #WhereIsTheInterpreter, […]

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