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Alison @deaf.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

King's Birthday Honours 2026 BEM Janet BECK Sign Language Interpreter. For services to Interpreting and to the Deaf Community (Holywood, County Down)

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Alison @deaf.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

King's Birthday Honours 2026 MBE Alisoun Ruth PROBERT Work Coach, Department for Work and Pensions. For services to the Deaf Community (Plymouth, Devon)

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Alison @deaf.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

King's Birthday Honours 2026 MBE David Francis HEGGARTY Principal, Cregagh Primary School and Deaf Unit. For services to Education in Northern Ireland (Islandmagee, County Antrim)

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Alison @deaf.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

King's Birthday Honours 2026 MBE Kirsteen ALLISON Disability Awareness Trainer. For services to the Deaf and Disabled Community (Alexandria, Dunbartonshire)

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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 · 30/12/2025

New Year's Honours 2026 CBE Dr Lynne Bernadette BARNES Principal Lecturer, University of Lancashire. For services to Education (Preston, Lancashire)

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Alison @deaf.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

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)

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Alison @deaf.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

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)

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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 · 14/06/2025

King's Birthday Honours 2025 BEM: Tony BECKETT For services to the Deaf Community (Redcar, North Yorkshire)

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Alison @deaf.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

King's Birthday Honours 2025 MBE: Merleen Ann WATSON For services to the Deaf and Hearing Impaired Community in Worcestershire (Broadway, Worcestershire)

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Alison @deaf.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

King's Birthday Honours 2025 MBE: Margaret Anne MCMANUS Fundraiser. For services to the Deafblind Community in Northern Ireland (Belfast, City of Belfast)

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Alison @deaf.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

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)

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Alison @deaf.bsky.social · 14/06/2025

King's Birthday Honours 2025 MBE: Catherine DREW Deputy Head Teacher, Frank Barnes School for Deaf Children. For services to Education (London, Greater London)

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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...

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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 · 31/12/2024

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

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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 · 09/11/2024

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.

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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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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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