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Watch: Stand-up comedy from Abnormally Funny People!

April 18, 2013 by

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Subtitled in English, here’s a ten minute highlights package of the Abnormally Funny People comedy show at the Edinburgh Fringe […]

Go see: ‘Only the Lonely’ Conference on deafness, autism and learning disability in Manchester, 13th June 2013

April 16, 2013 by

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A conference organised by the St George Healthcare Group (a supporter of this site) called: Only the Lonely – Deafness […]

Ian Noon: The battle’s lost on welfare cuts for deaf people

March 7, 2013 by

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The Department for Work and Pensions’ have succeeded in their plans to replace Disability Living Allowance with a new benefit […]

Charlie Swinbourne: Deaf footballer Daniel Ailey says abuse he experiences is ‘the same as racism’

February 26, 2013 by

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Extract: Daniel Ailey didn’t give up playing football when a badly broken leg left him on the sidelines for a […]

Ni Gallant: What it’s like to be a deaf student

February 20, 2013 by

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Since September 2012 I’ve been a full time student on a Social Work course at Birmingham City University. I love […]

Ian Noon: Many deaf people are set to lose their Disability Living Allowance

December 18, 2012 by

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Well, it’s official. The Government thinks that deafness is just a ‘minor’ disability. A piffling little thing of no consequence […]

William Mager: Mocking the way Roy Hodgson speaks is not ok. It’s really not.

May 8, 2012 by

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Being an England manager and having poor command of the spoken word aren’t unusual. Sir Alf Ramsey had a strong […]

Haley Sadler: My advice for tackling bullies

May 1, 2012 by

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High school can be a nightmare. A lot of people get bullied for who they are and for being a […]

Deaf news: Maria Zedda interviewed for Cosmopolitan Italy!

April 3, 2012 by

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(Photo courtesy of Chiara Ceolin, article courtesy of Alessandra Greco, Cosmopolitan Italia) When we published our interview with Maria Zedda […]

Tony Barlow: In employment, are deaf people bottom of the pecking order?

March 29, 2012 by

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Hello! I’m Tony Barlow, an employment consultant with 10 years experience of working in employment for deaf people. My goal […]