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Charlie Swinbourne: 10 tips for including deaf people at Christmas!

December 19, 2013 by

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Christmas is a special time of year, but for deaf people, it can also be a tricky time, because we […]

Deaf News: ‘Real interpreter’ website launched to show how Mandela memorial service should have looked

December 19, 2013 by

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To check out the Real Interpreter website, click here. What does Real Interpreter aim to do? Real Interpreter is a […]

This Christmas, check out the Signworld Christmas Collection!

December 19, 2013 by

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Signworld, one of our supporters, is best known for its excellent online BSL learning and teaching resources. But Deaf directors […]

Deaf News: Scandal of deaf man ‘treated as if he had dementia’ in hospital

December 17, 2013 by

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Yesterday we wrote about how Deaf people in Britain are struggling to access sign language and communication support, particularly in […]

Donna Williams: Paul Whitehouse rubbed the ‘fake’ interpreter controversy in deaf people’s faces

December 14, 2013 by

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Maybe it’s just me. But I’m not seeing the funny. At the British Comedy Awards on Thursday night, Paul Whitehouse picked […]

Charlie Swinbourne: How our news article triggered worldwide coverage of the ‘fake’ sign language interpreter story

December 13, 2013 by

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I don’t think I ever thought that one day, through this site, I’d get to break a news story that – […]

Deaf News: ‘Fake’ interpreter faced murder charge in 2003

December 13, 2013 by

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This story gets more and more bizarre by the hour. A South African website has revealed that Thamasanqa Jantjie was allegedly charged […]

Professor Graham Turner: 10 lessons from the tale of the ‘fake’ interpreter

December 13, 2013 by

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We may have thought sign language interpreting reached peak prominence when the Queen was shadowed by an interpreter at the […]

Deaf News: Mandela ‘fake’ interpreter claims he suffered schizophrenic episode on stage

December 12, 2013 by

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Thamsanqa Jantjie, the sign language interpreter accused of being ‘inept’ has defended his actions at the Nelson Mandela memorial service […]

Becky Fenton-Ree: I’m an expert in BSL, but how did I fare when I went to American Sign Language class?

December 11, 2013 by

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For the first time in twenty five years, I am not an active member of a Deaf Community and I’m […]