Hello! I’m Jan, and I’m an author of teen and young adult fiction. I live in Bath, with my husband and two children. When I’m not writing, I work as a teacher – I’m a qualified primary art ...

Dear reader, before you read on, please note that I love my family dearly and I do not – under any circumstances, wish to be disowned or part of another family. This blog is simply a ...

Hi, my name is Karissa and I was born profoundly deaf in both ears, and have a cochlear implant. I’m 21 years old and received my first cochlear implant at Great Ormand Street when I was just 13 ...

Tina Costi, a deaf woman from London, recently competed in her very first body building competition, taking home several medals. Watch Rebecca Withey talking to Tina in BSL in the video below, or ...

Martha can be seen at Sherman Theatre Cardiff until 21st June before transferring to Pontio in Bangor 25th-26th June. More information here: The idea for ...

Hi Ian et al Agree with all points and deaf children/their families ( maybe especially those without deaf peers to relate to?) may not have the knowledge/self awareness to manage fatigue which can ...

Update – 28.07.21 – 14:57: Deaf charities, politicians and campaigners have since responded to today’s victory in court, with Lynn Stewart-Taylor, founder of the #WhereIsTheInterpreter campaign, ...

This is a companion article to my article for Limping Chicken ‘Tips for working remotely when you’re deaf’ which was published on 23 March. Please read that article first! Remote captioning . Some ...

Films about Deaf people really need to stop presenting music as the antithesis to the Deaf community. Hot off the heels of Amazon Prime’s drummer-gone-deaf drama Sound of Metal, Apple TV+ unveiled its ...

The politician, who is also Parliamentary champion for the Conservative Disability Group, said: “I think through the best of intentions, there was a push to try and make this a responsibility of the ...