by Charlotte Gollogly | May 2, 2024 2:43PM | Campaigns - Deaf Awareness
Two-fifths of people who are deaf or have hearing loss have been affected by mental health issues – compared with a quarter of the hearing population, according to new statistics. The effects of not being able to communicate easily can often have a big impact....
by Esmé Kenney | May 2, 2024 2:31PM | Campaigns - Autism TOP STORY
As more people have become aware of what it means to be autistic, waiting times to be assessed have increased dramatically – and campaigners fear a quarter of a million people could be on the list in England by the end of this year. There were 172,022 people in...
by Rei Takver | May 2, 2024 1:35PM | Campaigns - Immigration laws
Who comes from abroad to study in the UK? In the 2021/2022 academic year, House of Commons Library reported that there were 679,970 international students in the UK. According to the 2021 census, international students come in large numbers from China, India, Romania,...
by Aleksandra Zolczynska | May 2, 2024 1:28PM | Campaigns - Deaf Awareness
One in three people who are Deaf or suffer from hearing loss say they have had difficulties accessing services or faced a long wait for an appointment. Around 12 million adults in the UK are Deaf, have hearing loss or tinnitus, according to the Royal National...
by Jack Roberts | May 2, 2024 1:03PM | Campaigns - Sexism in Football
A grassroots women’s football team, set up in the wake of the Lionesses’ Euro 2022 victory, are determined not to be beaten by inequalities within the sport. This followed almost 1500 new female teams that were set up across the country in the first season after Leah...
