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Jonathan Reid: Purley, “where deaf people in London go to die”

October 11, 2014 by

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Every Saturday morning, we are publishing one popular article from our archive, which you might have missed the first time […]

Deaf News: Key sign language mental health service for Deaf people “slowly dying” due to lack of NHS funds (BSL)

October 10, 2014 by

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A mental health service for Deaf people has been forced to cut much-needed staff due to lack of funding, just […]

Olivier Jeannel: How RogerVoice aims to bring phone calls to deaf people

October 10, 2014 by

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I’m sitting in an office, in a clean white shirt and tie, impatiently tapping my fingers on the desk. My […]

Graham Johnston: Deafness is still a barrier to learning new skills on short courses

October 8, 2014 by

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For those who do not know who I am, my name is Graham Johnston, and I am 46 years old. […]

Mark Levin: The online videos that really inspire me (and don’t involve people hearing for the first time)

October 8, 2014 by

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The Deaf community has been up in arms the past couple of months about viral stories that have been dominating […]

Jen Dodds: Why you should support the Access to Work test case (BSL)

October 7, 2014 by

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Everyone knows about the Access to Work (AtW) problems that so many deaf people seem to have been having recently, […]

Deaf News: ‘Next generation’ text relay service goes live

October 6, 2014 by

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Ofcom have announced that deaf people and people with speech impairments should now be able to hold faster, more fluent […]

“I’m still the same person with the same ambitions.” TV presenter Jacqui Hames on becoming deaf

October 3, 2014 by

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Tell us about your life and career? After a pretty ordinary childhood in South London, in 1977 I joined the […]

Nancy M. Williams: The moment I told the truth about my hearing loss… in front of a packed audience at a piano recital

October 2, 2014 by

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When I went back to the piano in my early forties, I decided not to mention my hearing loss to […]

Deaf News: Leaders of campaign to stop changes to Access to Work reveal their true identities

October 2, 2014 by

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The leaders of the grass-roots campaign against changes to Access to Work for deaf workers have revealed their true identities. The campaign […]