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Cadbury and NDCS launch ‘Sign with Fingers’ campaign to get nation signing

August 31, 2022 by

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The chocolate brand Cadbury has joined forces with the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) to encourage more hearing people to […]

Rose Ayling-Ellis to present ‘hard-hitting’ BBC documentary on deaf discrimination

August 25, 2022 by

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Strictly Come Dancing winner Rose Ayling-Ellis is to explore the “daily challenges, discrimination and barriers faced by deaf individuals” in a new […]

Signature announces 50 shortlisted nominees for Hall of Fame event (with BSL video)

August 23, 2022 by

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Rose Ayling-Ellis, Lynn Stewart-Taylor, Daniel Jillings and Kevin Buckle are among the 50 nominees shortlisted to be part of Signature’s […]

‘Where Is The Interpreter’ compensation case to be heard at Royal Courts of Justice next month

August 22, 2022 by

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A court hearing to determine whether more than 270 Deaf people should be compensated over ‘Where Is The Interpreter’ is […]

Rose Ayling-Ellis on new Deaf Barbie doll: ‘We’re getting rid of that narrative of what is beautiful anymore’

August 16, 2022 by

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Eastenders star and Strictly Come Dancing winner Rose Ayling-Ellis has celebrated the launch of the first Barbie doll with a hearing […]

Popular YouTuber PewDiePie admits ‘mistake’ after being accused of ‘mocking’ Deaf TikToker

July 29, 2022 by

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PewDiePie, the most subscribed to individual on YouTube with more than 111 million subscribers, has faced criticism online after viewers […]

NRCPD CEO to step down in autumn ahead of regulator’s new strategy

July 26, 2022 by

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The Chief Executive Officer of NRCPD, Marcus Hawthorn, is to step down later this year, as he says it is […]

Deaf woman allegedly went five days without BSL interpreter in ‘worst hospital experience’ (with BSL video)

July 18, 2022 by

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The family of a 60-year-old Deaf woman have accused a London NHS Trust of violating her human rights, after she […]

Applications open for UK Government’s BSL Advisory Board

July 18, 2022 by

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Applications to join the UK Government’s British Sign Language (BSL) Advisory Board have now opened, as work on implementing the […]

Liam O’Dell: Why I co-created a Twitter bot for BSL interpreter requests

July 18, 2022 by

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Not all social media bots are bad. For those of you who – like me – are avid Twitter users,  […]