I was booked to deliver a specialist lecture and workshop. It was a job I was looking forward to, and one I had prepared for properly. I booked an interpreter who was recommended to me by the ...

Hi, my name is Hearns Sebuado, and I’m a freelance Deaf dancer and actor based in London. I’ve been working as a freelancer for a while now, and along the way I’ve learnt a few things — sometimes ...

Hi, I’m Mira Podorský, founder and product designer of Captitles — software designed to make theatre captioning easier. I’ve always been interested in theatre. I studied New Media at the Faculty ...

If you put ‘deaf awareness’ into google you can find plenty of lists of advice aimed at hearing people, that will benefit deaf and hard of hearing people. If you asked most hearing people to guess ...

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I went to a great conference today. It was riveting and I was hooked on pretty much every word. And then I got home and collapsed on the sofa. I’m not just tired, I’m shattered. I’ve had to turn my ...

Please scroll down for BSL videos and details of a BSL chat via Zoom on working remotely. New to communicating remotely? Want to know more? I asked deaf friends, interpreters, and speech to text ...

I have worked as a creative artist for more than 15 years, across different mediums and in a variety of roles. Over that time, I have built up a wealth of experience, developed my skills and ...

A damning new report released today by leading charities RNID and SignHealth has revealed serious and widespread healthcare failings affecting over 6 million adults in England who are deaf or have ...

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The UK Government is being taken to court tomorrow, in a landmark legal case with the potential to strengthen the rights of Deaf British Sign Language (BSL) users. The judicial review hearing over ...

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