Erika Jones Shortlisted for an EDA
Congratulations to Erika Jones from BBC See Hear who was shortlisted in the Journalist of the Year category at the European Diversity Awards recently....
Queen’s becomes the first hospital in the country to receive Deaf-Aware Quality Mark
The Royal Association for Deaf people (RAD) presented acting Chief Executive Jeff Buggle with its Deaf-Aware hospital Quality Mark on Monday (22 May).
The hospital,...
James Clarke: The long road to 100 medals
BDN salutes James Clarke on his achievement of collecting 100 medals from finishing 100 races.
James Clarke, who has Usher syndrome, woke up on New...
Deaf & Dyslexic Nurse attends University after 20 year battle
https://vimeo.com/225119605/522fae3467
After a 20 year struggle in education with Deafness (hard of hearing) and dyslexia, nurse and grandmother fulfils her impossible dream of reaching University.
Colette...
Deaf and Hard of Hearing parkrun takeover events
Extracted from parkrun blog site - 18 May 2017
Last weekend there were Deaf and Hard of Hearing Takeover Events at Huddersfield parkrun and Hove Promenade parkrun...
Deaf children have language difficulties too
Our January edition looked at work being done in DCAL to increase knowledge about language difficulties among sign language users. Here, Joanna Hoskin tells...
Tears of joy at planning meeting as deaf-friendly flats are approved
Extracted from The Herald – 1 June 2017 – By Rachel Dodd
There were tears of joy this evening as plans for a block of deaf-friendly flats...
Police information film available in BSL
A British Sign Language (BSL) film has been launched to highlight the difference between emergency and non-emergency SMS numbers for people who are Deaf...
Damning report into Margate School closure
In the March issue of BDN we reported on the effects of the sudden closure of the Royal School for Deaf Children in Margate....
Improving access to council services for York’s Deaf community
City of York Council will make it easier for members of the city’s Deaf community to access services from 5th July 2017.
A new video...
