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Deaf News: ‘Deafheads’ cheer on Grateful Dead at reunion concert

July 14, 2015 by

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Ultimate Classic Rock website has reported on a group of Deaf fans who cheered on the Grateful Dead at their […]

Go See: World Deaf Tennis Championships in Nottingham, 20th – 26th July

July 14, 2015 by

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There’s a unique opportunity to go and see the world’s best deaf tennis players in action in Nottingham next week, with […]

Deaf News: MP accuses government of making Access to Work cuts without knowing full financial implications

July 13, 2015 by

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Steve McCabe, the MP for Birmingham Selly Oak, has criticised the Government for making cuts to the Access to Work […]

Emily Howlett: Why playing myself in ‘Found’ was much tougher than acting

July 10, 2015 by

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So, I’m guessing you will have seen ‘Found’ by now? The documentary directed by the Chicken’s very own Charlie Swinbourne, […]

Rebecca-Anne Withey: What I learned when I first appeared on TV, at the age of 14

July 8, 2015 by

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Many people saw me on their TV screens for the first time when I was an actress on Grange Hill between 2005-2007. […]

Jen Dodds: How pushing my daughter on the swings in the park enhances Deaf visibility! (BSL)

June 24, 2015 by

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Hello! I’d like to talk about hearing people; not family and friend-type hearing people, but hearing people who I don’t […]

Molly Watt: My ears, my eyes, my Apple Watch

June 19, 2015 by

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My whole life has always evolved around technology, starting with analogue hearing aids at 18 months in order to access […]

Deaf News: Deafness experts in America say deaf children should be bilingual and learn sign language

June 17, 2015 by

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Deafness experts in the US, writing in a journal called Pediatrics, have said that deaf children should be bilingual, and that […]

Deaf News: NDCS says new Special Educational Needs system could leave Deaf children without vital support

June 13, 2015 by

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New Government figures have raised fresh concerns that changes to the system of guaranteed help for children with special educational […]

Sarah Ivermee: Why I started Lugs – so that deaf children can decorate their hearing aids and cochlear implants

June 11, 2015 by

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At 3 months old our first child Freddie, was diagnosed as profoundly deaf in his right ear and moderately to […]