A new Ofcom study has found a video relay service that connects deaf British Sign Language (BSL) users to the emergency services is successfully saving lives. Ofcom rules, introduced in 2022, ...

Across further education, Deaf students are showing up with ambition, talent, and a desire to succeed. But too often, the support around them isn’t quite keeping up. In colleges across the UK, ...

A short documentary made by the BBC in association with the Open University has shed more light on what it’s like to be deaf in prison, a subject that has also recently been highlighted in ...

The British Deaf Association has announced the winner of its third annual British Sign Language (BSL) Poet Laureate competition. The winner is Ishtiaq ...

This Can’t Be It It wasn’t one thing — not a single moment or explosive incident — that made me decide I needed a change. It was more like the slow realisation that I was constantly being ...

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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 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 ...

The UK Government breached the Equality Act 2010 when it failed to provide a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter for its scientific briefings on the coronavirus, a judge has ruled today. The ...

A damning new report released today by leading charities RNID and SignHealth has revealed serious and widespread healthcare failings affecting over 6 million adults in England who are deaf or have ...

To watch Thrive Live on YouTube, click here. I’m a big fan of YouTube. I watch it every day. But one thing that’s always got to me is how little British Sign Language (BSL) content there is on the ...

Some people wanted to know more about remote captioning of meetings and seminars. I have produced, in conjunction with Orla Pearson of My ClearText Ltd, a 15 minute seminar about captioning options, ...