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Deaf News: Concerns raised over COVID-19 vaccine communications

January 25, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

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Questions have been asked by politicians and campaigners around the accessibility of coronavirus vaccine information, as the UK Government continues […]

Deaf News: European Union of the Deaf issues LGBTI+ statement following controversy

January 22, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

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The European Union of the Deaf (EUD) has issued a statement expressing its support for the deaf LGBTI+ community, after […]

Deaf News: “Go find a bigger room!’ Women and Equalities chair slams Government’s failure to provide interpreter

January 21, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

The chair of the House of Commons’ Women and Equalities Committee, Caroline Nokes, has criticised the UK Government’s decision to […]

Liam O’Dell: Cultural Appropriation 2.0? Deaf actors on hearing performers learning BSL

January 8, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

Following a semi-viral Twitter thread on hearing people learning sign language, Liam O’Dell speaks to actors Alim Jayda and Emily […]

Meet: Will Kirk, the deaf DJ appearing on BBC Radio 1 this Christmas

December 21, 2020 by Liam O'Dell

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From nightclub sessions during university, to presenting on BBC Radio 1 this Christmas, Sheffield-based DJ Will Kirk talks to Liam […]

Deaf News: UK Government COVID guidance requires Year 9 reading age, report finds

December 16, 2020 by Liam O'Dell

The “majority” of written government guidance on the coronavirus demands a Year 9 level of reading to understand it, a […]

Deaf News: Deaf man wins discrimination case after behaviour was ‘misinterpreted’ as being ‘aggressive’

December 15, 2020 by Liam O'Dell

A profoundly deaf former employee of a South London care home has succeeded with his discrimination case at an employment […]

Revealed: UK Government to fund BSL interpretation of COVID briefings on social media

December 11, 2020 by Liam O'Dell

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The Cabinet Office is to provide British Sign Language (BSL) access to future coronavirus briefings on its social media accounts, […]

Deaf News: Live captioning software Ava launches in the UK

December 10, 2020 by Liam O'Dell

Ahead of the captioning tool getting its UK launch today, Liam sits down with Ava co-founder Thibault Duchemin to talk […]