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Trizia Wells: How soldiers with hearing loss returning from WW1 changed perceptions of deafness

October 23, 2014 by Editor

Mike Gulliver wrote recently about the need for academics and researchers to consult more closely with the deaf community on […]

“We are all on our own ultimately, and that is where my work comes from.” Meet Deaf artist and author Louise Stern

October 21, 2014 by Editor

You are an artist and an author – how much were you exposed to art and literature in your younger years? My […]

Diary of a Deaf Filmmaker, Month 4: Working with a hearing (god forbid) producer

October 20, 2014 by Editor

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Something has become very apparent to me this month, and that is the importance of communication. So many things are […]

Dave Weeds: Why I’m running marathons on 7 continents (including the Antarctic) for the NDCS

October 19, 2014 by Editor

In 2008, shortly after turning 31 I wanted to do something ‘life defining’ that I could look back on in […]

Go see: Sencity party in London next weekend!

October 17, 2014 by Editor

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Ingredients: Seventeen team members. Five senses. Four elements. Two nights. Vibrating dancefloors. Aroma jockeys from Holland. Visual jockey from America. […]

Alex Nowak: How I set up Sri Lanka’s first Deaf film festival!

October 17, 2014 by Editor

British Deaf actor Alex Nowak recently set up Sri Lanka’s first deaf film festival in May. Here he tells the story: […]

Darren Townsend-Handscomb: 6 suggestions for the Access to Work Select Committee (who had no BSL interpreter yesterday)

October 16, 2014 by Editor

(If you want to skip straight to what you can do, go straight to the suggestions at the bottom.) Yesterday, […]

Richard Turner: Discovering music again with a cochlear implant

October 16, 2014 by Editor

I have always loved listening to music. When I was a teenager and in my early twenties living in Manchester […]

Callum Fox: How Japanese Manga comic A Silent Voice explores being a deaf teenager

October 15, 2014 by Editor

“I wish we had never met. I wish we could meet once again. A boy who can hear, Shoya Ishida, […]

Emily Howlett: For my young son, signing is last week’s trick. Speech has taken over…

October 14, 2014 by Editor

Do you know, even before there was the remotest chance I might ever become a mother, I was a great […]