39 h. ago Lack of sign language interpreters ‘a threat to life’, TikToker’s inquest told

Imogen Nunn, 25, died in Brighton on New Year’s Day 2023 after taking a poisonous substance.

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4 d. ago Woman lost her hearing overnight due to rare autoimmune condition

Alison Wallace said losing her hearing led to a significant decline in her self-esteem, coupled with recurring nightmares and the erosion of friendships

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5 d. ago Prince William reveals key skill he'd like Prince George to learn so he can carry on his late grandmother Princess Diana's legacy

The Prince of Wales appears keen for his eldest son, Prince George, to carry on his grandmother's work for the deaf community, according to the BBC.

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5 d. ago Eurovision's BSL interpreter steals the show with 'iconic' and 'brilliant' performance as fans beg for her to represent UK next year: 'I didn't realise sign language could be so graphic...'

Fans have gone wild for the BBC's British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter after her  enthusiastic and 'iconic' performance during the Finland entry went viral online.

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7 d. ago Woman 'felt dehumanised' after she's spat on in the street for using sign language

Alison Wallace, 28, was left 'terrified' after she woke up one day at the age of 13 to find her hearing had disappeared overnight

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8 d. ago Deaf woman felt ‘dehumanised’ after being ‘spat on’ for using sign language in public. But a new figure changed her life

Alison experienced a sudden and inexplicable loss of hearing overnight aged just 13

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1 week ago Deaf President Now! review – stirring record of student protest

Documentary follows the 1988 anti-audism revolt in the US after the world’s first deaf university appointed a hearing person to head it‘It’s awfully difficult to talk above this loud noise,” says the chair of the board of trustees at a liberal arts university. It’s the late 1980s, protesting students have shut down the campus and now, midway through a tense meeting, someone has set off the fire alarm. But here’s the thing, Gallaudet University in Washington DC is the world’s first deaf university. The students can have a conversation just fine with the alarms blaring – in sign language. But trustee chair Jane Bassett Spilman does not sign. In fact, she appears to be completely ignorant about deaf culture – and, dressed like a Margaret Thatcher lookalike, all handbags and helmet hair, she is the easy-to-loathe villain of this fascinating documentary.Co-directed by actor and deaf activist Nyle DiMarco with Davis Guggenheim, this is the story of an eight-day student protest at Gallaude...

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1 week ago Deaf President Now! review – passion and energy in stirring record of student protest

Documentary follows the 1988 anti-audism revolt in the US after the world’s first deaf university appointed a hearing person to head it‘It’s awfully difficult to talk above this loud noise,” says the chair of the board of trustees at a liberal arts university. It’s the late 1980s, protesting students have shut down the campus and now, midway through a tense meeting, someone has set off the fire alarm. But here’s the thing, Gallaudet University in Washington DC is the world’s first deaf university. The students can have a conversation just fine with the alarms blaring – in sign language. But trustee chair Jane Bassett Spilman does not sign. In fact, she appears to be completely ignorant about deaf culture – and, dressed like a Margaret Thatcher lookalike, all handbags and helmet hair, she is the easy-to-loathe villain of this fascinating documentary.Co-directed by actor and deaf activist Nyle DiMarco with Davis Guggenheim, this is the story of an eight-day student protest at Gallaude...

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3 w. ago Layoffs, closures and gaps in oversight expected after hundreds of DOJ grants are canceled

Hundreds of organizations have received notice that the Department of Justice is canceling ongoing grants they had received through the Office of Justice Programs

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3 w. ago Christine Sun Kim and Thomas Mader at the Wellcome Collection: playfully enraged

1880 THAT is an exhibition about the Deaf experience and a crucial moment in history when sign language was sidelined

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3 w. ago Why these pictures of Trump's meeting with Zelensky at Pope Francis' funeral are best sign of peace in Ukraine for months: Body language expert reveals all

Images of Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky, hunched forward in St Peter's Basilica, almost give the impression of a pair of angry bulls locking horns - but an expert says this is not the case.

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4 w. ago 'Doctors forced me to tell my deaf dad he had terminal cancer'

Kate Boddy said she had to "suppress every emotion" as interpreted with British Sign Language for her dying father through countless medical appointments until his death

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