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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Steph Bailey Scott: Why we created near future drama Martha, putting deaf stories centre stage ...

In a landmark event held during Deaf Awareness Week 2025, leaders from politics, education, and the Deaf community gathered in the heart of Westminster to celebrate British Sign Language (BSL), honour ...

When an old school friend, Martine Monksfield, shared a video online about being unexpectedly visited by Jehovah’s Witnesses, she received a flurry of inbox messages from deaf people who had ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...