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Deaf News: Human rights lawyers challenge Iain Duncan Smith to publish criteria applied to Access to Work applications

December 4, 2014 by

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Human rights lawyers at law firm Leigh Day have sent a pre-action letter to the Secretary of State for Work […]

Read: Play featuring ISL by Irish playwright with deaf parents is shown for fourth year

December 3, 2014 by

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Ireland’s The Journal has a great article about Shane O’Reilly, a child of deaf parents who has written a play using […]

Robin Wickes: Help me target research into mild and moderate deafness

December 3, 2014 by

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Here’s an opportunity to influence the targeting of research into mild and moderate deafness. Relatively little money is spent on […]

Victoria Williams: 5 Campaigns that are Changing the World for Deaf People

December 2, 2014 by

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Who is making a difference to Deaf people’s lives today? Having worked in the community for nearly two decades, I’ve […]

Andy Palmer: With SignHealth’s research, Deaf people can campaign for better healthcare. Will anyone listen?

December 1, 2014 by

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Sign Health, the charity that focuses improving health outcomes for deaf people that use sign language, came along to the […]

Meriah Nichols: 10 dumb things hearing people commonly say to deaf people – featuring Captain Picard

November 30, 2014 by

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Every weekend, we are publishing popular articles from our archive, which you might have missed the first time round! Tell us which […]

Charlie Swinbourne: Things that only happen to deaf people

November 29, 2014 by

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Every weekend, we are publishing popular articles from our archive, which you might have missed the first time round! Tell us which […]

Emily Howlett: I no longer accept responsibility for not hearing what my son says (no matter how bad the tantrum)

November 28, 2014 by

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A little while ago I wrote about the recent heart-wrenching change that had occurred in my life as a Deaf […]

Emma Sharrock: Why I am proud of my Deaf sister

November 26, 2014 by

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Ever since I was two I have grown up being an older sister to a deaf sibling. My parents found […]

Deaf community asked to provide evidence to support BSL (Scotland) Bill

November 25, 2014 by

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The BSL (Scotland) Bill was introduced in the Scottish Parliament by Mark Griffin MSP on 29th October 2014. Now, Scotland’s […]