BSL Wales Act Celebration event happing on 11th March at 3.30pm in Cardiff. If you'd like to attend, book your ticket:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bsl-wales-...

I've not seen anyone mention this - UK Parliament Access to Work Inquiry. Deadline for evidence is 23:59 on Monday 23 February 2026. Given the impact on deaf people, is there a BSL version knocking about? Otherwise what's the BSL Act for?

Link: committees.parliament.uk/work/9516/th...

New Year's Honours 2026

CBE

Dr Lynne Bernadette BARNES
Principal Lecturer, University of Lancashire.
For services to Education (Preston, Lancashire)

Updated deaf related list here: alisonbryan.com/deaf-related...

New Year's Honours 2026 - Deaf related Honours

MBE

Philip Peter GERRARD
Chief Executive Officer Deaf Action.
For services to the Deaf Community, to Cultural Inclusion and to Disability Rights
(Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh)

New Year's Honours 2026 - Deaf related Honours

OBE

Gloria Natasha OGBORN
Lately British Sign Language Interpreter, Expert Witness and Legal
Interpreting Trainer.
For services to British Sign Language and Deaf Communities
(Bristol, City of Bristol)

New Year's Honours 2026 - Deaf related Honours

OBE

Robert Jan Michiel NOLAN
Chair, Board of Trustees, Deafblind UK.
For services to People Living with Deafblindness
(Hope Valley, Derbyshire)

Babies from three people's DNA prevents heriditary disease The method was pioneered by UK scientists to overcome devastating, sometimes fatal inherited diseases.

What does, "hereditary disease" mean? You tell me.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

King's Birthday Honours 2025

BEM:

Tony BECKETT
For services to the Deaf Community
(Redcar, North Yorkshire)

King's Birthday Honours 2025

MBE:

Merleen Ann WATSON
For services to the Deaf and Hearing Impaired Community in Worcestershire
(Broadway, Worcestershire)

King's Birthday Honours 2025

MBE:

Margaret Anne MCMANUS
Fundraiser. For services to the Deafblind Community in Northern Ireland
(Belfast, City of Belfast)

King's Birthday Honours 2025

MBE:

Troi Minh Hong LEE
Founder, Deaf Rave. For services to the Arts and the D/deaf Community
(London, Greater London)

King's Birthday Honours 2025

MBE:

Catherine DREW
Deputy Head Teacher, Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children. For services to Education
(London, Greater London)

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)

From Disability Rights Watch in the USA:

"The entire office providing funding for Gallaudet, NTID, the American Printing House for the Blind, Helen Keller National Center, and other special institutions has been laid off."

www.disability-rights-watch.com/2025/03/15/w...

It says Zoe on the list. This is Joel Kellhofer.

Updated list here: alisonbryan.com/deaf-related...

Deaf related New Year's Honours 2025

MBE:
Zoe CASTELLVI-KELLHOFER Entrepreneur, Advocate and Innovator.
For services to the Deaf Community
(Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh)

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)

This Chrome Extension Uploads All Your Old Tweets to Bluesky If you're migrating from X to the friendlier skies of Bluesky, you don't have to leave everything behind—Porto is an extension for Chromium browsers that imports all of your old tweets to Bluesky auto...

lifehacker.com/tech/use-por...

Interested to know where you're pitching your 50% stats from. I have Meneire's but most deaf people I know don't seem to have balance issues on my scale and tbh I feel the odd one out.

How to leave Twitter Be part of the crumbling

Welcome to the latest surge of new Blue Skyers!
Here's a guide I wrote a while back about how to get set up - transfering over people you follow, finding great people, etc.
medium.com/@jamestplunk...

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.

Finally got around to setting up this account, hello!