BDA launches pictorial history book as part of 125 celebrations
An attractive new pictorial history of the BDA is being published later this month to mark the organisation’s 125th year.
The book, a joint project...
First Graduates from Scotland BSL degree course
The Herald: Scotland is setting the agenda for sign language provision internationally thanks to new graduates from the country's first degree course on the...
Keeping deaf children safe from sexual abuse
The NSPCC launched a video version of its successful Underwear Rule guidance this month to help keep deaf children safe from sexual abuse.
The new...
Potential progress to have BSL as a GCSE?
Nick Gibb, the Minister of State for Schools, seems to have changed his mind slightly on there being a GCSE in British Sign Language.
Following...
Punk Chef comes to town!
The Punk Chef was putting youngsters from the Phoenix Group for Deaf Children through their culinary paces at Knightsfield School in Welwyn Garden City,...
Has your child just been diagnosed with deafness?
You may have a million and one questions, thoughts and worries swirling around in your head... Perhaps your child is the first person with...
People accept that I’m gay, but not that I’m disabled
Extracted from The Guardian – 13 January 2017 – As told to Joan McFadden.
When Jessica Kellgren-Fozard tells people she is gay, they generally smile and...
Download wins award for festival accessibility
Download festival 2018 was the most socially and environmentally conscious in the event’s history. As has come to be expected, event organiser Festival Republic put together a star-studded line up, but it was the festival’s commitment to accessibility and sustainability that stood out as particularly noteworthy this year.
BBC’s See Hear programme highlights the issue with Hate Crimes against Deaf people
The BBC programme “See Hear” has reported on the shocking increase of hate crime within the disabled and deaf communities. The programme, aired on the 5th September, reported on how incidents of hate crime have risen by a third to more than 80,000 in England and Wales. Over 5,500 of these were disability hate crimes which include attacks on Deaf people.
BSL interpreter’s signing of Brexit chaos goes viral
Following a particularly disastrous week for Brexit, actor and writer Ell Potter tweeted a video of a BSL interpreter doing her best to communicate just what was happening.
