Which is more efficient: talking or signing?
Until the 1960s, this question was very hard to answer. Video recording equipment was not advanced enough for studying Sign. The question would not...
A letter to… our child, who is deaf, for whom we have to make...
Extracted from The Guardian - 16 December 2017.
Forgive me, my darling girl, we are going to make a decision for you. It is a...
Audism
Audism.
That word has been around for a while, but I don’t feel like people really know what it means.
The word was coined in 1975...
BDA Members Forum – York 2017 (BSL)
https://vimeo.com/201706846
Alexandra Shaw reports from the British Deaf Association (BDA) Members Forum held in York following the AGM on Saturday, January 28th 2017.
The Forum included sessions...
Opinion: The Deaf Body in Public Space
Rachel Kolb reveals how signing in public places challenges the rules of social conduct.
“It’s rude to point,” my friend told me from across the...
Opinion: Six inner thoughts every Deaf person has in a restaurant
Regular columnist, Alexis Borochoff-Kennedy, on the pros and cons of being Deaf when eating out.
“Oh no, these people in the next booth are staring...
Opinion: Scott’s story
BDA Access & Inclusion (Engagement) Officer Helen Morgans-Wenhold tells us about Scott and his continuing problems in the work place despite Access to Work...
Opinion: The activation
Regular BDN contributor, Alexis Borochoff, describes the moment her Cochlear Implant was turned on and tells us how she adjusted to living between the...
Opinion: Interpreter from hell
Alexis Borochoff’s first experience with communication support nearly put her off for life but then she found out that, for all her unprofessionalism, Louisa...
Opinion: Are hearing people afraid to date us?
After a bad dating experience Alexis Borochoff set up a forum to find out deaf and hearing people’s feelings about dating each other.
I met Cameron,...
