Hi everyone, I’m Samera, and I want to share my journey of learning British Sign Language (BSL) — as well as an exciting ...

I didn’t realise I was doing it at the time. In my mind, I felt I was protecting them by always being involved. I was worried that the world would be cruel to them and I wanted to soften ...

I was diagnosed with progressive hearing loss when I was 6 years old in school. I had passed my newborn hearing screening tests, but when I got to school, I always remember struggling to fully ...

I saw you watching me as I signed to a friend today. I hadn’t seen my friend for a while, so we were catching up excitedly in the store you were also in with your parent.

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 ...

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 ...

Matt Dixon is the only hearing person in his family. His parents, along with his brother Simon and sister Rebecca are deaf. Being the only hearing person in the family, Matt had been used to ...

The last week has been a blur. After watching Gerry Hughes appearing on Surprise Surprise last Sunday at my friend’s flat in North London, I started to feel unwell. It was around 9pm, and I put my ...

A compensation claim brought forward by Deaf campaigner Lynn Stewart-Taylor and 275 other Deaf individuals relating to nine inaccessible Covid briefings has been struck out and dismissed, after it was ...

My name is Mariella Satow, I am 18 years old and I have British-American citizenship. I am hearing and have been studying American Sign Language (ASL) for two years. My interest in sign language began ...

Zoë McWhinney has had a varied career as a Sign Language Poet, an actor, director, BSL consultant, and is now making her writing debut as a co-playwright for the highly anticipated Royal Court ...

New research by the Royal Association for Deaf people (RAD) has highlighted the challenges faced by deaf people when securing and progressing in work. The survey, which polled the experiences of deaf ...