Ian Noon: Tell your MP to turn up for the debate on deaf children’s education
After 18 months of campaigning and 50,000+ petition signatures, MPs have agreed that concerns over cuts to funding to support for deaf children are so serious that Parliament should debate them....
View ArticleIan 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...
View ArticleDeaf 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...
View ArticleDeaf 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...
View ArticleNi 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...
View ArticleIan 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...
View ArticleIan 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...
View ArticleDonna 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...
View ArticleDeaf 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...
View ArticleMeet: The Chair of the United Kingdom Deaf Students’ Union, Shauna Flannigan
United Kingdom Deaf Students Union – UKDSU for short – is hosting their first ever event within the UK! Asher Woodman-Worrell interviewed the Chair of UKDSU, Shauna Flannigan to learn more about the...
View ArticleDeaf News: Association of Sign Language Interpreters denies being consulted...
ASLI, the Association of Sign Language Interpreters, has released a statement denying that the organisation was consulted about recent changes to Access to Work – which mean many deaf people have to...
View ArticleDeaf News: Researchers find that regional variations of BSL are in decline
British Sign Language is a rich, naturally evolving language, where the signs you use can vary according to where you live and where you went to school. Just like in English, where you may call a bread...
View ArticleTamsin Coates: What the government’s Special Educational Needs changes mean...
The government has put in place some new ‘reforms’ – changes to current practice, which are directly within the Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) area. These will potentially affect...
View ArticleUK Sport doubles funding for Winter Olympic and Paralympic athletes to £31...
The news last week that UK Sport are doubling the funding that Winter Olympic and Paralympic athletes get to £31 million has come as a bitter blow to Deaflympic athletes who still receive no funding at...
View ArticleIan 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...
View ArticlePenny Batchelor: Why is it only the Green Party who are after the Deaf and...
The manifestoes are out, the politicians’ gloves are off and there’s just over a week to go until polling day. […]
View ArticleJemma Buckley: Make sure you watch the BDA’s film ‘Power In Our Hands’ in...
For the past four years the British Deaf Association have been working to bring their extensive film and video collection […]
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