Signature, the UK’s leading awarding body for deaf communication and language qualifications, has announced the release of five new episodes to its free ‘School of Signs’ programme, now used in ...

Valentine’s Day is all about romance: whispered sweet nothings, candlelit dinners, and long conversations that stretch into the night. For me—a deaf cochlear implant user—those “whispered” moments ...

Firstly, a disclaimer. Whilst I’m two years into my BA Deaf Studies after working in TV for two years, this article is not from a Deaf perspective. There are a lot of resources and commentaries on ...

My name is Michael Fellowes and I’m the author of Scarlet and the White. I became severely deaf through meningitis at the age of fifteen and went to Mary Hare school to do my A levels. As an ...

Deaf poets performing in British Sign Language (BSL) or Visual Vernacular (VV) thinking of entering the Forward Prizes for Poetry need to be aware of rule changes, including that poems must be ...

I grew up watching science-fiction movies where everybody used video calls: on big screens in front of the space ship control desk or a little handheld devices. Most of us never expected to have ...

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 ...

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 ...

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. Instead, I sat there ...

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 ...

The 16 members of the UK Government’s British Sign Language (BSL) Advisory Board, which was set up following the passing of the BSL Act last year, have been announced at the British Deaf Association’s ...

A damning new report released today by leading charities RNID and SignHealth has revealed serious and widespread healthcare failings affecting over 6 million adults in England who are deaf or have ...