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 ...

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.

SignHealth has been selected as a BBC Lifeline charity of the month. Watch in BSL below: The Lifeline episode announcing the charity’s selection aired on Sunday, 25 January, and focused on ...

Hello, my name is Bencie Woll. I am a researcher in sign linguistics, and I have been working in the field of British Sign Language linguistics for many years. I prefer not to say exactly how many.

First and foremost, Hello and Happy New Year 2026 to everyone! I’m Paola, hearing mum to Everly, my gorgeous 4-year-old Deaf daughter. Everly was born profoundly deaf and her first language is BSL ...

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 ...

I’m a hearing-impaired, Egyptian woman in my thirties. My journey towards hearing loss enlightenment has just started two years ago. That wasn’t because I lost my hearing at that time. No, I’ve been ...

When I read Sally Austen’s article on The Limping Chicken about deaf mental health services, I found myself nodding along. She’s absolutely right: the system we have doesn’t make sense. In some places ...

I recently joined a free training programme for disabled actors because I wanted to learn new skills. I was unsure about it at first but a valued deaf friend recommended it to me. I’m a deaf performer ...

Firstly can you introduce who you are and your role at Nagish? I’m Tomer Aharoni, Co-founder and CEO of Nagish. We started Nagish with one simple goal: to make communication accessible for everyone, ...

Two weeks ago, I attended a roundtable in London organised by GN Hearing (who make hearing aids under the Resound, Danalogic and Beltone brands) discussing a new technology called Auracast, which is ...

I have pulled no punches. I have written the best advocacy tips that I have used throughout the years in a list – in no particular order. If you are looking for soft language and placating ...