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Almost 20% of UK heritage sites have made ‘no improvement’ in online access information since 2018, survey finds

October 19, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

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Nearly a fifth of the UK’s museums and heritage sites have not updated their website in the past four years […]

Interview: Deaf actress Katie Erich on ‘The Solid Life of Sugar Water’ at the Orange Tree Theatre

October 19, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

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Ahead of the press night for The Solid Life of Sugar Water this evening, The Limping Chicken’s Liam O’Dell sat […]

Broadcasters ‘working together’ on emergency subtitles following Channel 4 outage, Sky says

October 15, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

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Channel 4’s subtitles outage last year made broadcasters “stand up and think” and work together on support for deaf viewers, […]

NHS Trust poster advertises BSL services with ASL alphabet

October 15, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

A British Sign Language (BSL) interpreting agency has apologised after a poster for communication services at Worcestershire Acute Hospitals (WAH) […]

Deafblind actor receives apology after captioning device user was accused of recording theatre show

October 14, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

A deafblind actor and activist was accused of recording a performance of Hadestown, when she was actually using a captioning device […]

Olly Murs deletes sign song video after ‘learning the difference’ between Makaton and BSL

October 13, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

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Pop star Olly Murs has taken down a clip of him signing his latest single in Makaton for his “fans […]

Isabella Signs issues apology following criticism over Olly Murs Makaton video

October 12, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

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Isabella Signs has apologised for her role in a video which saw Olly Murs signing his new single in Makaton […]

British Deaf Association issues follow-up statement after Makaton Charity claims BSL is ‘communication tool’

October 12, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

The British Deaf Association (BDA) has issued an additional statement following concerns the Makaton Charity had referred to British Sign […]

Hot Coals Productions co-create ‘About Time’ celebration of Deaf and disabled talent

October 12, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

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A “celebration” of Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent talent will take place at BAFTA later this month, co-created by the deaf […]

British Deaf Association issues statement on ‘unacceptable’ Olly Murs Makaton video

October 11, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

The British Deaf Association (BDA) has issued a statement criticising a video in which musician Olly Murs performed a version […]