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Over 40,000 people sign petition calling for compulsory deaf awareness training for teachers

April 6, 2022 by

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A Change.org petition calling for increased deaf awareness in the classroom has received more than 40,000 signatures, a week after […]

Liam O’Dell: And the award for inaccessibility goes to…

April 5, 2022 by

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It’s telling that Oscar winner Troy Kotsur’s acceptance speech in American Sign Language was interpreted for a hearing audience, yet […]

Interview: Graeae’s Jenny Sealey on becoming first Deaf director of a major opera with ‘The Paradis Files’

April 4, 2022 by

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Jenny Sealey, artistic director of the deaf and disabled theatre company Graeae, is to make history this month, when she […]

Anger as Deaf woman labelled ‘deaf and mute’ by airline

April 2, 2022 by

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A Deaf woman has accused an airline of “discrimination” after a boarding pass branded her “deaf and mute” for “security […]

Watch: CODA star Troy Kotsur performs iconic movie lines in viral Variety video

April 2, 2022 by

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Troy Kotsur, who became the first Deaf male to win an acting Oscar at last Sunday’s Academy Awards, has taken […]

New emergency video relay service to be known as ‘999 BSL’

April 1, 2022 by

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A new video relay service (VRS) which will enable British Sign Language (BSL) users to contact 999 in an emergency […]

CBBC’s Newsround to launch daily BSL bulletins

April 1, 2022 by

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The popular children’s news programme Newsround, which celebrates its 50th anniversary on Monday, is to launch a daily version of […]

Deaf man becomes UK’s first qualified and registered relay-intralingual interpreter

March 31, 2022 by

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A Deaf man from London is the first person in the UK to become a fully qualified and registered relay-intralingual […]

Signature unveils ‘Hall of Fame’ event to celebrate ‘inspiring’ Deaf people

March 28, 2022 by

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Signature, the leading awarding body for British Sign Language (BSL) qualifications, is to host a ‘Hall of Fame’ ceremony to […]

CODA’s Troy Kotsur makes history as first Deaf male to win acting Oscar

March 28, 2022 by

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CODA star Troy Kotsur made history on Sunday night, when he became the first Deaf actor to win an Oscar […]

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