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Debate: Music video by Spring Offensive featuring sign language – arty, offensive or just plain daft?

March 26, 2012 by

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Spring Offensive, a self-styled wimpy miserablist band from Oxfordshire, recently released their latest single, ‘Worry Fill My Heart’, with an […]

Update: Maternity unit offer Deaf father-to-be an interpreter at 12 week scan :)

March 13, 2012 by

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Last week, I wrote a Deaf Dad column about a Deaf father-to-be who hadn’t been offered an interpreter at his […]

The Secret Deafie: When I played the ‘deaf card’ – in a prime mugging spot

March 12, 2012 by

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The Secret Deafie is a series of anonymous columns written by different writers. Our fifth contributor tells us about how […]

William Mager: An open letter to my son

March 9, 2012 by

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Happy one-month birthday, little man. We’ve figured out a lot in the first 28 days – which nappies work best […]

Deaf Dad: Deaf fathers need equal access to pregnancy information

March 8, 2012 by

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There’s a bit of a departure from the usual column this week, because I want to tell you about a […]

Mark Nelson: Peak Access Theory

March 7, 2012 by

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Two weeks ago, I bumped into Charlie Swinbourne, the Editor of this site, and we were talking about the future […]

The Secret Deafie: Losing sight, gaining insight

March 5, 2012 by

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The Secret Deafie is a series of anonymous columns written by different writers. Our fourth contributor tells us about living […]

Jonathan Reid: Purley, “where deaf people in London go to die”

March 1, 2012 by

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Following a recent news story, I tweeted a joke that some people might see as being in poor taste, but […]

The Secret Deafie: The deaf awareness lesson I wasn’t expecting

February 27, 2012 by

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The Secret Deafie is a series of anonymous columns written by different writers. Our second contributor tells us about a […]

AJW Smith: Longing for Belonging

February 24, 2012 by

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Belonging. It’s a psychological need. We need to know that we fit in. We want to be valued. We want […]