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Johnnie Walker marks Deaf Awareness Week with BSL whisky tasting sessions

JOHNNIE Walker on Princes Street has created a new edition of its whisky tasting experiences to mark Deaf Awareness Week. The event, which takes place...

Deaf woman graduates with law degree after being told her disability would be a “limitation”

A DEAF woman has graduated from university with a 2:1 upper class honours degree in law after being told whilst growing up her disability...

Heartbreaking video shows deaf pensioner “serving prison sentence” in care home he pays £10k a year towards

HEARTBREAKING video shows a deaf pensioner “serving a prison sentence” in a care home where no one can communicate with him. John Skinner uses sign...

Dalmahoy appoints new profoundly deaf Executive Head Chef

A leading Scottish Chef has joined the newly-refurbished Dalmahoy Hotel & Country Club on the outskirts of Edinburgh as its new Executive Head Chef.  Bruce...

Deaf minister’s dog is alarm clock, doorbell and does Sign of Peace

THE Kirk’s only deaf minister has revealed she relies on her dog for an alarm clock, doorbell and fire alarm. Rev Mary Whittaker, 55, who...

Scots sign-language glossary reaches milestone

A vocabulary of sign language which is to revolutionise how science is taught to deaf children has reached a milestone today with its thousandth...

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