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Meet: The Chair of the United Kingdom Deaf Students’ Union, Shauna Flannigan

January 22, 2014 by

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United Kingdom Deaf Students Union – UKDSU for short – is hosting their first ever event within the UK! Asher […]

Ian Noon: Tell your MP to turn up for the debate on deaf children’s education

October 14, 2013 by

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After 18 months of campaigning and 50,000+ petition signatures, MPs have agreed that concerns over cuts to funding to support […]

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 […]

Deaf News: Disabled Student Allowance caps stop deaf students getting right support, charity says

July 4, 2013 by

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Present caps on the Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) mean that Deaf, hard of hearing and disabled students are not receiving […]

Join: The campaign group Deaf People against Welfare Cuts

May 2, 2013 by

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A new Facebook group has been set up called Deaf People against Welfare Cuts. It’s a campaign group looking to […]

Deaf News: MPs rush to put BSL into the top 15 Early Day Motions of the year

April 25, 2013 by

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A rush of 12 MPs signing an EDM (Early Day Motion) this week to promote the rights of sign language […]

Alison Bryan: How to get a BSL Act onto the government agenda

April 19, 2013 by

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This article was first published on Grumpy Old Deafies here: www.grumpyoldeafies.com and is republished here under a Creative Commons licence and […]

Deaf News: Action on Hearing Loss team up with DCAL to call for better dementia strategy for deaf people

April 16, 2013 by

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The charity Action on Hearing Loss and University College London’s Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre are urging NHS England […]

Meet: Bethany Eason, the deaf teenager who was interviewed on Channel 4 News last night

April 4, 2013 by

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Meet Bethany Eason: she’s 15 years old and yesterday she appeared on Channel 4 News to tell the world in no […]

Meet: Lesley Weatherson, award-winning lipspeaker!

March 26, 2013 by

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Nearly all of us know what a sign language interpreter is, but how many of us have ever tried using […]