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William Mager: Lord Jack Ashley of Stoke – The Measure of the Man
F Scott Fitzgerald once wrote: ‘There are no second acts in American lives.”He never met Jack Ashley, an Englishman who had a second, third, fourth, even fifth act in his life. He was a man who came...
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Deaf news in BSL from Remark: Deaf man sorry for bus death | Deafness and...
Click on the titles to go to Remark’s website, then click ‘BSL’ to watch the news in beautiful sign language! Deaf man shot dead in South Africa A Deaf man has been shot dead by an intruder at his...
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Is the number of signers lower than previously thought? Census records 22,000...
There has long been a debate about the number of Deaf people whose first or preferred language is sign language the UK. Depending on which organisation you ask, you might be told 50,000 (Action on...
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Ian Noon: The Stolen Futures campaign video and why the Government needs to...
Well, yesterday was very exciting. The new campaign video for the National Deaf Children’s Society Stolen Futures campaign was released. It features actor Jim Carter (him off Downton Abbey, not the...
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Deaf news in BSL from Remark: Deaf postman bitten | Deaf children’s GCSE’s...
Click on the titles to go to Remark’s website, then click ‘BSL’ to watch the news in beautiful sign language! Deaf students’ GCSE results are falling GCSE results for Deaf children fell by 2.4% in one...
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Deaf News: Deaf and hard of hearing council election candidates urged to...
It’s about time we had more deaf and hard of hearing people in politics, isn’t it? Well, if you are interested, there is support on offer that could make all the difference come election time. The...
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Ni Gallant: What it’s like to be a deaf student
Since September 2012 I’ve been a full time student on a Social Work course at Birmingham City University. I love the course and everything it offers me; a mix of law, psychology and social policy with...
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Ian Noon: Is this really the right time for special educational needs reform?
Sad parliamentary geeks of the world, rejoice! The long-expected Children and Families Bill has now been published, setting out, amongst other, wide-ranging proposals for reform to the special...
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Ian Noon: The battle’s lost on welfare cuts for deaf people
The Department for Work and Pensions’ have succeeded in their plans to replace Disability Living Allowance with a new benefit called Personal Independence Payment (PIP) for disabled people over 16. The...
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Donna Williams: How it feels to be ‘spitting the dummy’!
Well. What a fortnight. I feel like I’m about to come out. I’m going to come out as… an admin of the ‘Spit the Dummy and campaign for BSL Act!’ group over on Facebook. Yes I am one of the six, soon...
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Deaf news in BSL from Remark: Deaf Village Ireland | Japanese earthquake |...
Click on the titles to go to Remark’s website, then click ‘BSL’ to watch the news in beautiful sign language! Irish Deaf village opens its doors Deaf Village Ireland is home to a number of Deaf...
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Meet: Lesley Weatherson, award-winning lipspeaker!
Nearly all of us know what a sign language interpreter is, but how many of us have ever tried using a lipspeaker? We spoke to Lesley Weatherson from Lipspeaker UK (who also support this site!) to find...
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Meet: Bethany Eason, the deaf teenager who was interviewed on Channel 4 News...
Meet Bethany Eason: she’s 15 years old and yesterday she appeared on Channel 4 News to tell the world in no uncertain terms why they should listen to the views of deaf young people, and how their lives...
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Deaf News: Action on Hearing Loss team up with DCAL to call for better...
The charity Action on Hearing Loss and University College London’s Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre are urging NHS England to substantially improve the quality of life experienced by...
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Alison Bryan: How to get a BSL Act onto the government agenda
This article was first published on Grumpy Old Deafies here: www.grumpyoldeafies.com and is republished here under a Creative Commons licence and by by kind permission of the author. Recently, I posted...
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Deaf News: MPs rush to put BSL into the top 15 Early Day Motions of the year
A rush of 12 MPs signing an EDM (Early Day Motion) this week to promote the rights of sign language users has pushed the number of MPs signatures up to 122 and now makes EDM 1167 the 15th best...
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Join: The campaign group Deaf People against Welfare Cuts
A new Facebook group has been set up called Deaf People against Welfare Cuts. It’s a campaign group looking to help deaf people argue against the cuts that are directly affecting their lives. We asked...
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Deaf News: Disabled Student Allowance caps stop deaf students getting right...
Present caps on the Disabled Students’ Allowance (DSA) mean that Deaf, hard of hearing and disabled students are not receiving the support they need, according to a recent report. The Snowdon Trust, a...
View ArticleThe Secret Deafie – Losing sight, gaining insight
The Secret Deafie is a series of anonymous columns written by different writers. In this post, first published on this site in March 2012, a writer tells us about living with Usher Syndrome. When I was...
View Article10 things hearing people should know about deaf people
1. One in six people are deaf, according to the stats This means that around 10 million people in the UK have some level of deafness. Or, put another way, a random person you bump into on the street is...
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