@Deaf

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Deaf UK Jobs was set up on the 8 April 1999 and here we are 25,197 adverts later.
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BSL Wales Act Celebration event happing on 11th March at 3.30pm. If you'd like to attend, book your ticket: eventbrite.co.uk/e/bsl-wales…
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New Year's Honours 2026 OBE Robert Jan Michiel NOLAN Chair, Board of Trustees, Deafblind UK. For services to People Living with Deafblindness (Hope Valley, Derbyshire)
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Updated list here: alisonbryan.com/deaf-related… if you know of anymore, please let me know.
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New Year's Honours 2026 CBE Dr Lynne Bernadette BARNES Principal Lecturer, University of Lancashire. For services to Education (Preston, Lancashire)
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King's Birthday Honours 2025 MBE: Peter Hugh BURROUGHS Lately Trustee and Chair, Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education. For services to Education (Yelverton, Devon)
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King's Birthday Honours 2025 MBE: Merleen Ann WATSON For services to the Deaf and Hearing Impaired Community in Worcestershire (Broadway, Worcestershire)
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King's Birthday Honours 2025 BEM: Tony BECKETT For services to the Deaf Community (Redcar, North Yorkshire)
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Deaf related New Year's Honours 2025 OBE: Wendy DAUNT Deaf Studies Teacher, Royal School for the Deaf, Derby. For services to Deaf Children and to the Young Adult and Deaf Communities (Derby, Derbyshire)
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Updated list here: alisonbryan.com/deaf-related…
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The Zoe one apparently is Joel.
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Just saw this about Tasha Ghouri and bullying over deaf speech. Hearing people need to learn to deal with it, since you're the ones who expect deaf people to speak, over glorify CI switch ons, etc. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0j8…

Strictly's Tasha Ghouri in tears over online hate after Love Island

Ghouri, who was born deaf, said she received an onslaught of hate after appearing on Love Island in 2022.

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Qualifications Wales suspended GCSE BSL indefinitely. Instead they've come up with a fraction of a qualification which can be taught in as little as 5 hours by an unqualified "BSL teacher". It is meaningless, insulting and a tokenistic exercise. Trick or treat.
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An blog post about the Welsh Government's opposition to a BSL (Wales) Bill. limpingchicken.com/2024/07/0…

Alison Bryan & Rob Wilks: Wales at a Crossroads: The Welsh Government’s Opposition to the BSL...

To watch the BSL translation of this article by Helen Foulkes, press play below, or scroll down to continue in English: Mark Isherwood is the Conservative Member of the Senedd (MS) for North Wales …

limpingchicken.com
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I submitted a FOI just before Christmas last year, on the number of times the Disability Rights Taskforce mentioned BSL. I did this because I was fed up to my back teeth of the Welsh Government stating that the Disability Task Force is dealing with BSL. #BSLWalesBill
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The Welsh Government bleats on they won't legislate for BSL because Disability Rights Taskforce and "co-production". Yet this is deflecting. There is no meangful reference to BSL devolved issues there. Read it, tell me what the meaningful BSL discussion is. #BSLWalesBill
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How can the Welsh Government state co-production if there aren't any deaf people involved and there's no actual BSL content of substance. Issues cited aren't issues Welsh deaf signers face. There is no active understanding or representation of issues #BSLWalesBill
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