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 ...

Martha can be seen at Sherman Theatre Cardiff until 21st June before transferring to Pontio in Bangor 25th-26th June. More information here: The idea for ...

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), ...

Sophie Kang, Sales and Marketing Manager at Sign Solutions, says AI has the potential to help BSL signers, but only if it’s developed with their input. In April, the British Deaf Association (BDA) ...

A major new effort is underway at the University of East Anglia to help deaf children born to hearing parents gain stronger language skills from the very start. Researchers are exploring how limited ...

To find out more about this year’s BSL conference, from 17-18 July in Leeds, click here. I do love a good Deaf club night. Before I’ve even taken off my coat – in fact, often before I’ve even stepped ...

I am horrified that yet again our government is taking another brutal bashing at Deaf, disabled and neurodivergent people. I remember in 2012 the Graeae gang and many of our cohort were feeling ...