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BREAKING: Little Mix concert promoter discriminated against Deaf parents, judge rules

September 16, 2021 by

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A concert promoter discriminated against three Deaf mothers by failing to provide a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter for support […]

75% of disabled people want next year’s Covid inquiry to investigate their experience, survey finds

September 8, 2021 by

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More than three quarters of disabled people believe an inquiry into the UK’s response to the coronavirus pandemic should look […]

Deaf News: Census of sign language interpreters show just 8 percent come from ethnic minorities

September 7, 2021 by

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Researchers have warned of a “danger” that sign language interpreting could become “further institutionalised as a white profession” if action […]

Deaf News: Native sign language users process visual body movements faster, Gallaudet study suggests

September 4, 2021 by

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Native American Sign Language (ASL) users require less effort to understand human motions and can process them faster than hearing […]

Deaf News: A quarter of Deaf and disabled people feel they can’t attend an indoor live event until 2022

August 19, 2021 by

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Almost 25% of Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people feel they won’t be able to get to an indoor live event […]

Deaf News: Liverpool’s GPs to offer BSL through service run by Deaf people and interpreters

August 16, 2021 by

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British Sign Language (BSL) services for GP surgeries in Liverpool will be provided by the first organisation co-run by Deaf […]

Deaf News: Rose Ayling-Ellis announced as Strictly Come Dancing contestant

August 12, 2021 by

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EastEnders star Rose Ayling-Ellis is the 12th confirmed contestant for the next series of Strictly Come Dancing, the BBC has announced. Rose, […]

Deaf News: Deaf students fall a whole GCSE grade behind for the sixth year running

August 6, 2021 by

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Deaf students achieved an entire grade less than their hearing peers in 2020, in an attainment gap which has appeared […]

Deaf News: ‘Rapid review’ of NHS England’s British Sign Language provision published

August 3, 2021 by

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Integrated care systems (ICS), which provide joined-up health and care support across local areas from organisations such as councils and […]

Liam O’Dell: Drop the Latin, where’s the British Sign Language GCSE?

August 2, 2021 by

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Education secretary Gavin Williamson may well think that he has ‘seized the day’ with his announcement that thousands more students […]

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