Browsing All posts tagged under »deaf«

NSPCC launches survey with Limping Chicken to find out if deaf adults know where to ask for help if they’re concerned about a child

May 22, 2014 by

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The NSPCC has launched a survey with Limping Chicken, to find out if deaf adults know where they can report […]

Deaf News: Are Deaf people being left out of the Scottish independence debate?

May 21, 2014 by

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Three months ago, Toby Dawson wrote an article for this site about how Scottish independence would be an opportunity for […]

Deaf News: Researchers develop prototype of fully internal cochlear implant

May 21, 2014 by

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American researchers have developed a prototype cochlear implant which would be entirely internal, with no visible hardware on the outside […]

Jen Dodds: Some agencies treat freelance sign language interpreters as cash cows (BSL)

May 20, 2014 by

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Lately, there seems to have been a lot of tension between deaf people and BSL/English interpreters. I think this is […]

Charlie Swinbourne: Why I made the new Four Deaf Yorkshiremen comedy – which is online today!

May 19, 2014 by

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Watch Four Deaf Yorkshiremen go to Blackpool by clicking here! Late one night in 2006, I was watching television when […]

Maartje De Meulder: What sign language recognition means for Deaf people in Denmark

May 15, 2014 by

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On Tuesday, the Danish Parliament unanimously recognized Danish Sign Language (Dansk Tegnsprog) by passing Law 61 amending the law on the Danish […]

Brett Best: Why Access to Work cuts are pulling us all down a slippery slope

May 14, 2014 by

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Some have recently suggested that the solution to the problem with Access to Work is simply that interpreters should significantly reduce […]

Go See: Mat Fraser’s Cabinet of Curiosities, with BSL interpretation

May 13, 2014 by

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This is a sponsored post. Join critically acclaimed actor and performance artist Mat Fraser for a journey through the history […]

Tamsin Coates: Trying to communicate in the dark for my sons’ night vision tests

May 13, 2014 by

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Recently, I took my eldest son to an appointment and faced my ‘nemesis’ – the night vision eye tests. I […]

Read: Guardian article on Usher syndrome – “Don’t define me by a condition I happen to have”

May 12, 2014 by

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Check out the Guardian’s article, written by our Editor Charlie Swinbourne and featuring Nick Sturley, by clicking here: Extract: Nick […]