Across the UK, D/deaf individuals in need of care are facing a critical shortfall in appropriate services, with many being placed in care homes where British Sign Language (BSL) is not used or ...

Interpreter Volunteer with Home-Start Greenwich, has been recognised as Home-Start UK’s Digital Volunteer of the Year for her life-changing support ...

Hello! I’m Jan, and I’m an author of teen and young adult fiction. I live in Bath, with my husband and two children. When I’m not writing, I work as a teacher – I’m a qualified primary art ...

Hi, my name is Karissa and I was born profoundly deaf in both ears, and have a cochlear implant. I’m 21 years old and received my first cochlear implant at Great Ormand Street when I was just 13 ...

Dear reader, before you read on, please note that I love my family dearly and I do not – under any circumstances, wish to be disowned or part of another family. This blog is simply a ...

I am horrified that yet again our government is taking another brutal bashing at Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people. I remember in 2012 the Graeae gang and many of our cohort were feeling ...

When an old school friend, Martine Monksfield, shared a video online about being unexpectedly visited by Jehovah’s Witnesses, she received a flurry of inbox messages from deaf people who had ...

A major new effort is underway at the University of East Anglia to help deaf children born to hearing parents gain stronger language skills from the very start. Researchers are exploring how limited ...

Sophie Kang, Sales and Marketing Manager at Sign Solutions, says AI has the potential to help BSL signers, but only if it’s developed with their input In April, the British Deaf Association (BDA) ...

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In a landmark event held during Deaf Awareness Week 2025, leaders from politics, education, and the Deaf community gathered in the heart of Westminster to celebrate British Sign Language (BSL), honour ...