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Alison @deaf.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

King's Birthday Honours 2026 CBE Craig Andrew Wyn CROWLEY MBE Chief Executive Officer, Action Deafness and Inaugural Co-Chair, The British Sign Language Advisory Board. For services to Deaf and Deafblind People (Corby, Northamptonshire)

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Alison @deaf.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

The British Sign Language (Wales) Act 2026 received Royal Assent on the 27 April 2026. 🥳🙌🥳🙌🥳🙌🥳🙌

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Alison @deaf.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

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-...

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Alison @deaf.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

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...

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Alison @deaf.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

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)

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Alison @deaf.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

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

bbc.co.uk

Babies from three people's DNA prevents heriditary disease

The method was pioneered by UK scientists to overcome devastating, sometimes fatal inherited diseases.

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Alison @deaf.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

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)

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Alison @deaf.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

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...

disability-rights-watch.com

Week 8 Update - Disability Rights Watch

Hundreds of Illegal Layoffs at the Department of Education. DoED laid off over 1300 employees Tuesday night, nearly half the department. Secretary McMahon made a statement that layoffs would not affec...

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Alison @deaf.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

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

alisonbryan.com

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Alison @deaf.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

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)

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Alison @deaf.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

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)

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Alison @deaf.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

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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...

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James Plunkett @jamestplunkett.bsky.social · 08/11/2024

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...

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How to leave Twitter

Be part of the crumbling

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Alison @deaf.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

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.

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Alison @deaf.bsky.social · 03/07/2023

Finally got around to setting up this account, hello!

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