Healthy Deaf Minds (HDM) was founded in 2000, aimed at raising the awareness of deaf BSL users to mental health issues, in its broadest sense. Since then there have been nearly 100 HDM meetings in […]
Welcome to 2024! At Deaf Unity we love the start to a new year – an opportunity to plan our efforts for the year, for ourselves, the deaf world and beyond. We firmly believe in […]
It is that time of the year again when a spotlight is shone on the deaf community. September 18 – 24 is the World Federation of the Deaf’s (WFD) International Week of Deaf People. The […]
2022/3 seems to have been a hot period for signed languages and British Sign Language (BSL) here in the UK. There were so many different highlights with court cases being fought, legislation being passed, more […]
2022 was a momentous year for the deaf and BSL community, with many legal challenges – won and lost – and a variety of occurrences bringing deafness to the fore of public consciousness. National BSL […]
With the economy taking a downturn and confusion over what this means for us all – especially deaf people – Lizzie has researched what assistance is out there – we hope this helps as a […]
Regrettably, I think people are more interested in discussing a bunch of young people in a tropical villa than engaging with that uncomfortable conversation.
Going to the cinema is a long-held favourite past-time of many – but for deaf and hard-of-hearing people, it is an activity fraught with distress. Liam O’Dell shares his frustrations and those of many who just […]
2021 and 2022 have seen exciting challenges and developments in the landscape of deaf people’s access. It feels like the deaf community and its allies have galvanised in ways that have not been seen for […]
Did you enjoy #InternationalWeekOfDeafPeople and the associated spotlight on signed languages around the world? What about the CODA movie from America, or the new Marvel movie with a deaf superhero – Lauren Ridloff? There has been […]