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Meet: Adrean Mangiardi and Mark Levin – who make music videos in American Sign Language!

December 18, 2013 by

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A few weeks ago, we showed you an amazing American Sign Language music video, for the song ‘You brought the […]

Deaf News: Scandal of deaf man ‘treated as if he had dementia’ in hospital

December 17, 2013 by

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Yesterday we wrote about how Deaf people in Britain are struggling to access sign language and communication support, particularly in […]

Charlie Swinbourne: How our news article triggered worldwide coverage of the ‘fake’ sign language interpreter story

December 13, 2013 by

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I don’t think I ever thought that one day, through this site, I’d get to break a news story that – […]

Deaf News: ‘Fake’ interpreter faced murder charge in 2003

December 13, 2013 by

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This story gets more and more bizarre by the hour. A South African website has revealed that Thamasanqa Jantjie was allegedly charged […]

Exclusive: ‘Fake’ sign language interpreter mars Nelson Mandela service for Deaf people worldwide

December 10, 2013 by

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For many UK-based Deaf viewers of the Nelson Mandela service today, something didn’t seem quite right about the sign language […]

Watch: Padraig Harrington presenting the rules of golf – with BSL interpretation!

December 3, 2013 by

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They never have a break, those people that work for our supporter, Signworld. Now they’ve gone and interpreted a film […]

Aged 15 to 30? Fill in Deafax’s sex education and pregnancy survey

December 3, 2013 by

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Are you aged 15 to 30 and deaf or hard of hearing? Deafax is looking for young men and women […]

Donna Williams: “Barriers often come from blissful ignorance.” What I learned from being part of the Human Library

December 2, 2013 by

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On Saturday 16th November, I had the privilege of being a part of the Human Library. The Human Library  is […]

Teresa Garratty: “Touched for the 31st time” – my top 10 misheard song lyrics!

November 29, 2013 by

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When you’re Deaf or hard of hearing, sometimes things that are similar get muddled up, but it’s not the end […]

Deaf News: Ofcom set to approve first improved ‘text relay’ service

November 28, 2013 by

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Ofcom today took a significant step towards improving telephone calls for disabled consumers by proposing to approve BT’s enhanced text […]