Browsing All posts tagged under »politics«

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

Deaf News: Access to Work ‘passports’ to be piloted this year as Government launches its National Disability Strategy

July 28, 2021 by

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‘Passports’ which aim to provide Access to Work claimants with “smooth transitions between job roles” will be trialled later this […]

BREAKING: Judge to hand down verdict on #WhereIsTheInterpreter case on Wednesday

July 23, 2021 by

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Mr Justice Fordham is set to announce his decision on whether the UK Government acted unlawfully by failing to provide […]

Exclusive: UNICEF denounces human rights abuses against Deaf women in Haiti

July 12, 2021 by

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UNICEF Haiti has issued a statement on the mutilation and murder of Deaf women in the country, after the non-governmental […]

Liam O’Dell: Face masks are a nightmare for me, but they should stay after 19 July

July 6, 2021 by

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It’s meant to sound rather exciting, isn’t it? On 19 July, so-called ‘Freedom Day’, we’re able to use our “personal […]

Deaf News: Little Mix court case adjourned after interpreters refuse to provide access following complaints

July 2, 2021 by

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A court case concerning the lack of a sign language interpreter for support acts at a Little Mix concert had […]

Liam O’Dell: Let’s replace ‘irritating’ tannoy announcements with something accessible

June 30, 2021 by

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Tannoy announcements are annoying, and it was good to learn earlier this week – via a piece in The Times – […]

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