by Ciara Healy | May 3, 2024 4:15PM | Campaigns - Deaf Awareness
Despite strides being made in some aspects of deaf sport, Great Britain’s funding for the Deaflympics continues to lag behind according to one campaigning competitor. While other countries fund their athletes to attend key events, as they would for any elite...
by Harriet Scott | May 3, 2024 4:09PM | Campaigns - Deaf Awareness
A daughter of Deaf parents who works for the RSC has told how attending a play with them which integrated sign language transformed their understanding of Shakespeare. Mesmerised by the Deaf actor signing the opening, her parents could not believe that it was...
by Rukanah Mogra | May 3, 2024 4:05PM | Campaigns - Deaf Awareness
A Christian minister who dreamt that Jesus was speaking to him in sign language is one of many religious leaders helping deaf people connect with their faith. In the UK, there are 40,000 religious buildings, including churches, mosques and synagogues – many...
by Ciara Healy | May 3, 2024 2:52PM | Campaigns - Deaf Awareness
The captain of an England women’s sports team says deaf football has opened doors she would never have imaged. Zara Musker, 25, captains England’s Deaf Futsal team – a indoor type of football, played on a hard court with only five players on each...
by Charlotte Gollogly | May 3, 2024 12:06PM | Campaigns - Deaf Awareness
Roanna Van Os can still remember the dread she felt as a little girl when she was asked to act as an interpreter for her deaf parents. It made her feel different from her friends and stand out, at a time when she was desperate to fit in. “School was...
by Aleksandra Zolczynska | May 3, 2024 10:52AM | Campaigns - Deaf Awareness
The importance of artistic creativity when using sign language brings stories to life for people suffering from hearing loss, according to an award-winning poet. Performer, Zoe McWhinney, uses British Sign Language (BSL) and Visual Vernacular (VV) in storytelling...
