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March 19, 2014 by Editor

It never fails. The moment you look away from a group of hearing folk is when they start asking you […]

January 9, 2014 by Editor

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 […]

December 6, 2013 by Editor

On Friday 22nd November, Dr. Father Cyril Axelrod, the world–famous deafblind priest, was awarded an OBE for services to the […]

November 21, 2013 by Editor

The new stopchanges2atw campaign has really interested me, for two main reasons. Firstly, as someone who has been involved in […]

November 19, 2013 by Editor

The Guardian has published an obituary for the Deaf and disabled rights campaigner Arthur Verney, and it’s well worth reading […]

November 13, 2013 by Editor

Most of my encounters with bus drivers have been pretty negative. As an extreme example, I once witnessed a bus […]

November 12, 2013 by Editor

A new petition asking people to help stop changes to Access to Work has attracted nearly 1,500 signatures within 48 […]

November 7, 2013 by Editor

When I’m at work, it is my job to meet with people. I work in a University, which is made […]

October 24, 2013 by Editor

Comments Off on Read: How deaf women are vulnerable to domestic abuse: the tragic story of Safiya

An article in the New Statesman has followed up on the harrowing story of a Deaf woman who was kept […]

July 19, 2013 by Editor

A minor little campaign victory achieved at NDCS the other week: the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) accepted that deaf people […]