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Subtitled cinema increase for Deaf Awareness Week slammed as ‘publicity-seeking gimmick’

May 2, 2022 by

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The National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) has dismissed a temporary jump in subtitled cinema screenings for Deaf Awareness Week as […]

TV viewing habits of British Sign Language users to be examined in first-ever study

April 21, 2022 by

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The way in which British Sign Language (BSL) users’ watch television and the programmes they watch are to be reviewed […]

Interview: Graeae’s Jenny Sealey on becoming first Deaf director of a major opera with ‘The Paradis Files’

April 4, 2022 by

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Jenny Sealey, artistic director of the deaf and disabled theatre company Graeae, is to make history this month, when she […]

CBBC’s Newsround to launch daily BSL bulletins

April 1, 2022 by

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The popular children’s news programme Newsround, which celebrates its 50th anniversary on Monday, is to launch a daily version of […]

Channel 4 pledges return to ‘100% subtitles’ as it looks to move past September outage

March 4, 2022 by

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Channel 4 has committed to providing 100% subtitles across all of its channels and its All 4 streaming service for […]

Super Bowl sparks controversy from Deaf community over sign language visibility

February 14, 2022 by

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The NFL Super Bowl, which took place on Sunday, has attracted criticism from the Deaf community over the prominence of […]

Deaf girl unable to access Frozen and Hex musicals as theatres offer limited captioned performances

February 1, 2022 by

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The mother of a Deaf nine-year-old has shared their experience of trying to attend accessible theatre performances during the coronavirus […]

BREAKING: Channel 4 subtitles outage to be investigated by Ofcom

January 28, 2022 by

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Channel 4 is to be investigated by the communications regulator Ofcom, after a subtitles outage in September meant they failed […]

BSL Act Now: British Sign Language Bill published ahead of second reading in Commons

January 27, 2022 by

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Parliament has released the draft British Sign Language (BSL) Bill, introduced by Labour MP Rosie Cooper last year, ahead of […]

Deaf and hearing filmmakers unite for ‘Hear Art’ project to produce three ‘marvellous’ short films

December 17, 2021 by

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The latest and biggest display of talent from Deaf filmmakers occurred in a quiet theatre in a London hotel, with […]