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Deaf News: Red Bee Media ‘looking at all options’ as subtitles outage enters second week

October 8, 2021 by

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Red Bee Media have said that they are “looking at all options” to restore subtitling services to channels such as […]

Liam O’Dell: Jokes about interpreting Boris’ nonsense are poor political put-downs – stop

October 7, 2021 by

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My accessibility is not your punchline. While I am no British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter myself, I stand in solidarity […]

All Work, No Pay? Interpreters and deaf professionals face chaos due to delayed Access to Work payments

September 22, 2021 by

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Lengthy delays to Access to Work payments – sometimes of many months – are causing severe anxiety for communication professionals, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Liam O’Dell: ‘CODA’ blames Deaf people for society’s inaccessibility, and it’s damaging

August 18, 2021 by

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★★ Films about Deaf people really need to stop presenting music as the antithesis to the Deaf community. Hot off […]

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: ‘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: #WhereIsTheInterpreter – what happens next?

July 28, 2021 by

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16 months later, the UK Government’s failure to provide an in-person British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter for its coronavirus data […]

BREAKING: UK Government broke Equality Act by failing to provide a BSL interpreter for COVID data briefings, judge rules

July 28, 2021 by

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The UK Government breached the Equality Act 2010 when it failed to provide a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter for […]