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March 22, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

BSL Health Access, which allows Deaf sign language signers to use a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter to contact medical […]

March 19, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

Comments Off on Deaf News: #WhereIsTheInterpreter reaches fundraising goal as campaign hits £20,000 target

An online fundraising campaign for #WhereIsTheInterpreter has today reached its target of £20,000 to challenge the UK Government’s refusal to […]

March 19, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

The special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) assessment system has been strongly criticised in a new report by independent researchers, […]

March 15, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts (PCSC) Bill finally allows Deaf jurors to have a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter […]

March 10, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

The deaf health charity SignHealth has said they are “very concerned” about the future of BSL Health Access, with NHS […]

March 9, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

British Sign Language (BSL) users will be able to take part in jury service under new Government proposals unveiled today. […]

March 3, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

What could have been a great day for deaf awareness has instead become rather… icky. World Hearing Day, founded by […]

March 1, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

A High Court judge has granted permission for the judicial review against the UK Government, over its refusal to provide […]

February 25, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

Comments Off on Deaf News: Zoom to offer free automatic captions to all users by autumn 2021

The video conferencing app Zoom has announced that it plans to make automatic captions free and available to all users […]

February 25, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

Comments Off on Deaf News: Ofcom launches further consultation on 999 video relay service

The communications regulator Ofcom has announced it is consulting further on proposals to introduce an emergency video relay service (VRS) […]