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Parents celebrate ‘huge win’ as planned staffing cuts to deaf unit at Islington primary school scrapped

March 6, 2023 by Liam O'Dell

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Planned cuts to specialist staff at Laycock Primary School’s deaf unit in Islington will no longer go ahead, in what’s […]

Teachers of the Deaf numbers hit record low as charity warns of ‘educational emergency’ (BSL)

January 11, 2023 by Liam O'Dell

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The number of teachers of deaf children in England has fallen for the eight time in a decade to its […]

‘No plans’ to introduce free BSL courses for parents and guardians of deaf children, Government confirms (BSL)

January 10, 2023 by Liam O'Dell

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The UK Government has “no plans” to introduce free British Sign Language (BSL) courses for parents and guardians of deaf […]

Improved support for deaf children born to hearing parents to be explored in £1m study

July 4, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

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Researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) are to investigate how to best help deaf children from hearing families […]

Play area signage encourages Sussex children to sign

June 16, 2022 by Liam O'Dell

Sussex children will now be able to learn British Sign Language (BSL) while playing with friends, after a council-funded initiative […]

Deaf News: SEND system branded ‘unfit for purpose’ after Ofsted report reveals issues with learning and development

May 14, 2021 by Liam O'Dell

Some pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) in mainstream schools are not receiving enough support with their learning […]

Rebecca-Anne Withey: How mindfulness helped me when I became a mum

June 1, 2015 by Editor

Once upon a time, back in the day, loooong before I became a Mum, practising mindfulness was just like practising […]

Emily Howlett: I no longer accept responsibility for not hearing what my son says (no matter how bad the tantrum)

November 28, 2014 by Editor

A little while ago I wrote about the recent heart-wrenching change that had occurred in my life as a Deaf […]

Emily Howlett: For my young son, signing is last week’s trick. Speech has taken over…

October 14, 2014 by Editor

Do you know, even before there was the remotest chance I might ever become a mother, I was a great […]

Kimberly Brown: The advantages of being a deaf parent to hearing children

August 13, 2014 by Editor

I’ve written before about many of the challenges I face as a deaf parent raising three hearing children. Communication obviously […]