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Exclusive: ‘Fake’ sign language interpreter mars Nelson Mandela service for Deaf people worldwide

December 10, 2013 by

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For many UK-based Deaf viewers of the Nelson Mandela service today, something didn’t seem quite right about the sign language […]

“I didn’t know what would be done.” Deaf actor Matthew Gurney explains how he had an operation without being given an interpreter

December 9, 2013 by

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The last week has been a blur. After watching Gerry Hughes appearing on Surprise Surprise last Sunday at my friend’s […]

Charlie Swinbourne: How I wrote The Fingerspellers!

December 2, 2013 by

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The Fingerspellers, which is showing this week on the BSL Zone, is a comedy about a family of deaf gangsters, […]

Melinda Hildebrandt: I watched my daughter embrace the visual communication that helped connect her to people

November 14, 2013 by

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Nobody ever thinks that you’re going to send your child to a special school. You know, you don’t wake up […]

Deaf News: Deaf children’s choir pull out of annual Trafalgar Square carol service after officials say no backing music allowed

November 12, 2013 by

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The Evening Standard has reported that the NDCS deaf children’s choir, which signs in Trafalgar Square every Christmas, has pulled […]

Read: How deaf women are vulnerable to domestic abuse: the tragic story of Safiya

October 24, 2013 by

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An article in the New Statesman has followed up on the harrowing story of a Deaf woman who was kept […]

Watch: Signs for a Good Education, from Human Rights Watch

October 21, 2013 by

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The blurb below this fantastic video says: Deaf children have a right to a quality education, like all other children, […]

Deaf News: Deaf people can now use sign language to get advice from the Financial Ombudsman

October 16, 2013 by

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Nine out of ten people say they have no complaints about their bank, insurer or finance firm.  In fact,  most […]

The Secret Deafie – Losing sight, gaining insight

October 2, 2013 by

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The Secret Deafie is a series of anonymous columns written by different writers. In this post, first published on this […]

Charlie Swinbourne: Hearing impaired? Hard of hearing? It’s hard to find the right term to ‘deafine’ yourself. I should know

September 27, 2013 by

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Mark Levin’s article on this site last week about eradicating the term ‘hearing impaired’ clearly struck a chord – it […]

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