A new Ofcom study has found a video relay service that connects deaf British Sign Language (BSL) users to the emergency services is successfully saving lives. Ofcom rules, introduced in 2022, ...

Across further education, Deaf students are showing up with ambition, talent, and a desire to succeed. But too often, the support around them isn’t quite keeping up. In colleges across the UK, ...

This Can’t Be It It wasn’t one thing — not a single moment or explosive incident — that made me decide I needed a change. It was more like the slow realisation that I was constantly being ...

The British Deaf Association has announced the winner of its third annual British Sign Language (BSL) Poet Laureate competition. The winner is Ishtiaq ...

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A short documentary made by the BBC in association with the Open University has shed more light on what it’s like to be deaf in prison, a subject that has also recently been highlighted in ...

Hi Jonny, can you tell us a bit about you? I am Jonny Cotsen. I am based in Cardiff, Wales and I work as a freelance creative access consultant. I am employed at Sherman Theatre as an Agent for ...

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