I grew up watching science-fiction movies where everybody used video calls: on big screens in front of the space ship control desk or a little handheld devices. Most of us never expected to have ...

Deaf poets performing in British Sign Language (BSL) or Visual Vernacular (VV) thinking of entering the Forward Prizes for Poetry need to be aware of rule changes, including that poems must be ...

Hello everyone! My name is Anna, and I’m a coach working with Deaf and Disabled people, and parents/carers of Deaf and Disabled children. I know that the term ‘coach’ can feel unclear, so in this ...

Musical theatre is often celebrated as an inclusive art form—one that combines movement, storytelling, and music to create powerful shared experiences. Yet, behind the scenes, many of its systems ...

Valentine’s Day is all about romance: whispered sweet nothings, candlelit dinners, and long conversations that stretch into the night. For me—a deaf ...

Hi everyone, my name is Andie Vowles and I am based in the North West of England. I am profoundly Deaf from birth and use British Sign Language and New Zealand Sign Language. Growing up, I was ...

In the mid 1980s I signed a publishing contract with Book Publisher A for my autobiography about deafness, which I titled The Dragonfly. It had a subtitle with the word ‘deaf’ in it somewhere so it ...

For many deaf people – me included – experiencing hate crime doesn’t start with violence. It starts with mockery. It can start as simple as someone watching your hands or your actions instead of your ...

Hi! Can you tell us who you are please? Hi everyone, my name is Fahad Hussain and I am a profoundly deaf British Sign Language user. I am based in Northampton. What is your job role and how long have ...

I didn’t expect my Grandad’s funeral to be the place where this realisation hit me. Funerals are meant to bring clarity aren’t they? They are supposed to be the end of a chapter. Instead, I sat there ...

If it wasn’t for my niece taking a seasonal job as a BSL ranger at Santa’s Lapland, it’s very unlikely I would have known such things existed. And in actual fact, the BSL provision hasn’t really been ...

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 children, ...