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Emily Howlett: The “absolutely, definitely booked” interpreter. Who didn’t exist…

January 10, 2014 by

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Ah, that happy feeling you get when you walk past the letterbox and see you have post. That little flicker […]

Meet: Hameeda Raj, who has written a sign language children’s book for her deaf son!

January 10, 2014 by

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How did you come to write the book? I created the book around 2 years ago when I found that my […]

Deaf News: Deaf teenager launches petition asking Sky On Demand to provide subtitles

January 10, 2014 by

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A deaf teenager from Newcastle who is frustrated with not being able to use Sky’s On Demand TV service is […]

Deaf News: Petition for better access to LoveFilm leads to Sir Malcolm Bruce MP writing to the company

January 9, 2014 by

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Following a Christmas petition calling on LoveFilm to make its services accessible to deaf people, Sir Malcolm Bruce MP (who is also Chair of the […]

Review: Deafinitely Theatre’s ‘Two’ – by Donna Williams

January 9, 2014 by

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On 14th November I had a lovely birthday treat – a trip to London to see Deafinitely Theatre’s production of […]

Lily Rayne: Why the word ‘hearie’ is not offensive, and what ‘hearing privilege’ amounts to

January 9, 2014 by

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A few days ago, in a Facebook conversation, I was discussing the issue of lack of captions and Deaf rights […]

Charlie Swinbourne: “I was talking behind your back to test your hearing.” My bizarre second visit to my audiologist

January 7, 2014 by

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Two months ago, I wrote about what I learned from a 15 minute visit to my local NHS audiology clinic. […]

US Deaf News: WWE originally proposed that superstar wrestler Edge be written as a ‘deaf-mute’

January 6, 2014 by

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  We all know that wrestling’s fake, the American WWE form of it at least, but it’s been revealed that […]

Ask the Chicken: I don’t want to offend people who are more deaf than me. So what term should I use to describe myself?

January 6, 2014 by

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In an uncertain world, there’s one person you can turn to for dependable advice: the limping chicken. Offering sensible tips […]

Richard Turner: What would Nelson Mandela have thought about the lack of subtitles at the cinema?

January 6, 2014 by

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I really wanted to go and see the new film about Nelson Mandela called ‘Nelson Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom’ […]