For many deaf people – me included – experiencing hate crime doesn’t start with violence. It starts with mockery. It can start as simple as someone watching your hands or your actions ...

I didn’t expect my Grandad’s funeral to be the place where this realisation hit me. Funerals are meant to bring clarity aren’t they? They are supposed to be the end of a chapter.

SignHealth has been selected as a BBC Lifeline charity of the month. Watch in BSL below: The Lifeline episode announcing the charity’s selection aired on Sunday, 25 January, and focused on ...

When I agreed to have a cochlear implant, I was told: this could change your life. The consultant said if all went well I would have better access to sound, feel less isolated and eventually feel more ...

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 ...

To read the updated version of this article, with new illustrations and BSL translation, click here. Hearing people, eh? You can’t live with them, you can’t live without them. Of course, the term ...

The brand-new BBC revenge thriller Reunion, written by William Mager, is now available in full on BBC iPlayer. The first episode is a beautifully written, acted and directed piece of drama, ...

Hi everyone, I’m Diana Peedle-Calloo although some of you may know me as Diana Martin – which is the name I use for my acting career. I am currently a dog sitter, actress, photographer and content ...

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 ...

My name is Jude Powell, I’m a deaf 22-year-old English actor and filmmaker. I’m a British Sign Language user although I often use Sign-Supported English (SSE) as well. I wear a hearing aid in my right ...

Deaf people have fought for better access and improved technology over many years so they can be seen and treated as equals. In a very short space of time – less than 25 years – there are computers, ...

I’m partially deaf, but that hasn’t stopped me from detecting a distinctive difference in the way different people sneeze. Every sneeze has its own sound, and its own look. You could say every sneezer ...