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The BSL Advisory Board set up by the Cabinet Office follow the passing of the BSL Act 2022, have published their first report entitled “Locked out: Exclusion of deaf and deafblind BSL users from health and social care in the UK”. The report has highlighted that deaf...

A new BMJ Global Health blog by Young, Palanisamy, Rogers, Thanzami, and Hulme (2025) argues that deafness—while not an infectious disease—is a critical and overlooked global health priority. The authors reflect on the UK Government’s decision to cancel a £2.1 million...

To mark Deaf Awareness Week, we're proud to share a video that highlights what Deaf Awareness looks like in research from SORD. The researchers featured in this video challenge the call for action: Involving deaf people from the very beginning of research projects,...

Coming to the end of this PhD, Rosie completed the data analysis of the interviews conducted with the two distinct groups of professionals, and the key findings from these studies have been shared through publication as part of the PhD. To date, further three academic...

This Sign Language Week, we celebrate the richness of BSL, Deaf culture, community and...

Journal article: What are Deaf sign language users’ experiences as patients in healthcare services? A scoping review. Published in PLOS Global Public Health: https://journals.plos.org/globalpublichealth/article?id=10.1371/journal.pgph.0003535Abstract in...

Journal article: The influence of mode of remote delivery on health-related quality of life outcome measures in British Sign Language: a mixed methods pilot randomised crossover trial. Published in Quality of Life Research available to access via this...

BJSW article: 'Standing at the crossroads: Child safeguarding and Deaf BSL parents (in England) - Issues and Challenges in Social Work'Another new journal article is now available online (free-access) through The British Journal of Social Work.Rosemary's third...

QSW article 2: 'Assessing deaf parents in safeguarding and child protection processes: Deaf experts’ experience of routine social work practice' In relation to Rosemary Oram's PhD, a publication recently published is now available in the Qualitative Social Work (QSW)...

In partnership with Manchester City Council, we have created a fact sheet for social work professionals working in Children’s Services when they receive referrals or work on a case that involves a Deaf BSL-using parent (or child). It includes a checklist and a list of...