Deaf History March 22nd 1912
If you thought that campaigning and lobbying were recent additions to the BDA's portfolio, think again. On this day one hundred and five years...
Order! BSL question in the Commons
History was made in the House of Commons chamber at Westminster this week when Dawn Butler, MP for Brent, became the first Member of Parliament...
NI Election Hustings Report (BSL)
https://youtu.be/5lb1bzsDWA4
You Vote – You Decide
BDA Northern Ireland Election Hustings - 21st February 2017
Report by Majella McAteer & John Carberry
Northern Ireland are due to...
Deaf group raise third party data protection issues with local MP (BSL)
https://vimeo.com/202253935
Ruth Goode tells British Deaf News about a recent meeting with her groups local MP on the subject of deaf people communicating through a third party...
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...
Memories of Nepal 2016 (BSL)
https://vimeo.com/195837912/84ef015a19
BDA Chair Dr Terry Riley visited Nepal late last year for the 111th World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) Board Meeting. This is his...
Helga fails to win European Presidency
Helga Stevens has failed in her bid to be elected as the new president of the European Parliament.
The Deaf MEP, who was the nominee of...
Helga Stevens Interview
At the end of September 2016, it was announced that the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) in the European Parliament had nominated its vice-president...
Accessibility laws ‘benefit everyone’
The European Accessibility Act has the potential to create new opportunities for European business but should avoid creating “barriers” to innovation, according to Helga...
What impact will Brexit have on the Deaf community?
In the final part of his three part feature on Brexit, our legal expert Rob Wilks looks at a number of areas in which...
