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The Disability Unit has been moved out of the Cabinet Office and into the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Once again, Andy Burnham’s government demonstrates a serious misunderstanding of disability, writes Liam O’Dell. The post In demoting the Disability Unit, Burnham’s government misunderstands disability again appeared first on Liam O Dell .
Parastar Entertainment, which manages the deaf K-pop group Big Ocean, has said it hopes the singer V "takes good care of his health and hearing", after the BTS star revealed he has hearing loss. The post Big Ocean s management responds as BTS star V discloses hearing loss appeared first on Liam O Dell .
Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) company DeepMind has announced it will be making a new sign-language-to-text translation model (SL2T) available on its Pixel 11 phone, turning American Sign Language (ASL) into English. The post Google DeepMind unveils sign-language-to-text feature for Pixel 11 appeared first on Liam O Dell .
Fresh Meat star Kimberley Nixon’s solo play about postpartum psychosis plays London’s Bridewell Theatre before an Edinburgh Fringe run. The post ‘Baby Brain’ review Powerful play on postpartum psychosis appeared first on Liam O Dell .
Liam O'Dell talks the new ReSound Sensias, Auracast and mapping the hearing landscape. The post On AI hearing aids, Auracast and harmonising the hearing landscape appeared first on Liam O Dell .
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s classic returns to London with a new staging from Drew McOnie at Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. The post ‘Cats’ review Drew McOnie s revival lacks focus appeared first on Liam O Dell .
A Cabinet Office official discussed whether British Sign Language (BSL) interpretation of its press conferences should occur “via an in-person signer or via interpretation added by broadcasters” at an Ofcom roundtable in November, meeting notes have revealed. The post Government discussed whether BSL ‘occurs via in-person signer or broadcasters’ at Ofcom roundtable appeared first on Liam O Dell .
The deaf health charity SignHealth has said “accessibility cannot be an afterthought”, after the government announced plans to create more than 150 new NHS mental health services in communities across England. The post ‘Accessibility cannot be an afterthought’: Deaf health charity responds to community mental health plans appeared first on Liam O Dell .
Station announcements at Bristol Temple Meads are to be made available in multiple languages, through a new pilot combining Bluetooth’s Auracast technology and artificial intelligence from the tech company XRAI. The post Bristol Temple Meads to trial multilingual train announcements in Auracast and AI pilot appeared first on Liam O Dell .
Alexandra Burke stars as the “Ain’t Nobody” singer and Rufus band member in a biographical musical now playing the Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre in London. The post ‘I’m Every Woman: The Chaka Khan Musical’ review Queen of Funk overshadowed in jumbled jukebox musical appeared first on Liam O Dell .