For us deaf people, Christmas can mean feeling left out, even as everyone around us seems to be having a wonderful time. Christmas dinner, carol singing, the King’s speech on telly, young ...
Tortoise and the Hare at Derby Theatre more than lives up to its promise. As I settled into the studio theatre ready for the show to begin, I was conscious at ...
I recently joined a free training programme for disabled actors because I wanted to learn new skills. I was unsure about it at first but a valued deaf friend recommended it to me. I’m a deaf ...
To read the updated version of this article, with new illustrations and BSL translation, click here. Hearing people, eh? You can’t live with them, you can’t live without them. Of course, the term ...
For many UK-based Deaf viewers of the Nelson Mandela service today, something didn’t seem quite right about the sign language interpreter (scroll down for video) who stood to the side of the various ...
Firstly can you introduce who you are and your role at Nagish? I’m Tomer Aharoni, Co-founder and CEO of Nagish. We started Nagish with one simple goal: to make communication accessible for everyone, ...
It’s December — the season of advent calendars, “Elf on the Shelf” cheekiness and the mad scramble to book Santa visits before Christmas. For many families, a trip to see Santa or to watch a ...
The UK Government is being taken to court tomorrow, in a landmark legal case with the potential to strengthen the rights of Deaf British Sign Language (BSL) users. The judicial review hearing over ...
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 ...