Our new research has revealed a widespread lack of knowledge from members of the public when it comes to communicating with deaf British Sign Language (BSL) users, contributing to the significant barriers faced by this community in every-day life.
Campaigns
Our response to new guidance from the Department of Health and Social Care giving businesses the green light to sell hearing aids over the counter.
Our response to ‘Reforming Elective Care for Patients’ and the importance of transforming audiology services
Our Director for Insight and Policy, Victoria Boelman, explains RNID’s involvement in the inquiry and sets out what we are hoping to achieve.
In this blog RNID’s Policy and Campaigns Lead, Rob Geaney, looks at the items included in the King’s Speech which are relevant to RNID’s influencing work and sets out what it could mean for our people who are deaf or have a hearing loss.
Today, we saw the new Prime Ministers start his new term of office by knowingly excluding thousands of deaf people across the UK.
RNID is elated to see that the Media Bill has finally been passed with binding quotas for the provision of access services including subtitles and signed content set out in legislation.
This week Ofcom, the broadcasting regulator, launched their updated Best Practice Guidelines on Access Services and TV Access Services Code.
10 Downing Street pledges to ensure that future major press conferences from the Prime Minister include an in-person British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation.
TV personality Jamie Laing opens up about his journey with tinnitus.