Across the UK, D/deaf individuals in need of care are facing a critical shortfall in appropriate services, with many being placed in care homes where British Sign Language (BSL) is not used or ...

Interpreter Volunteer with Home-Start Greenwich, has been recognised as Home-Start UK’s Digital Volunteer of the Year for her life-changing support ...

Hello! I’m Jan, and I’m an author of teen and young adult fiction. I live in Bath, with my husband and two children. When I’m not writing, I work as a teacher – I’m a qualified primary art ...

Hi, my name is Karissa and I was born profoundly deaf in both ears, and have a cochlear implant. I’m 21 years old and received my first cochlear implant at Great Ormand Street when I was just 13 ...

Dear reader, before you read on, please note that I love my family dearly and I do not – under any circumstances, wish to be disowned or part of another family. This blog is simply a ...

Steph Bailey Scott: Why we created near future drama Martha, putting deaf stories centre stage ...

Tina Costi, a deaf woman from London, recently competed in her very first body building competition, taking home several medals. Watch Rebecca Withey talking to Tina in BSL in the video below, or ...

Hi Ian et al Agree with all points and deaf children/their families ( maybe especially those without deaf peers to relate to?) may not have the knowledge/self awareness to manage fatigue which can ...

Update – 28.07.21 – 14:57: Deaf charities, politicians and campaigners have since responded to today’s victory in court, with Lynn Stewart-Taylor, founder of the #WhereIsTheInterpreter campaign, ...

This is a companion article to my article for Limping Chicken ‘Tips for working remotely when you’re deaf’ which was published on 23 March. Please read that article first! Remote captioning . Some ...

Films about Deaf people really need to stop presenting music as the antithesis to the Deaf community. Hot off the heels of Amazon Prime’s drummer-gone-deaf drama Sound of Metal, Apple TV+ unveiled its ...