Boy Signs To Interpret Show For Deaf Parents

The video went vial after the child's mother shared it on social media, showing the boy, interpreting a film to his Deaf parents.

LONDON, UK -- A 'caring' four-year-old boy has been filmed interpreting a film using sign language for his Deaf parents.

Gabriel Toseland started signing at four months old for parents Abigail Britton and her partner Conor and has gone on to sign full series' for them.

Footage shows little Gabriel sat next to the family's Christmas tree in Cheshire as he starts interpreting the movie.

A helicopter approaches landing on the television as he begins his interpretation.

He glances at the screen before making gestures to illustrate it.

Abigail said it was 'completely out of the blue' when her son leaped to the rocking chair by the television on Saturday. She told the Metro: ‘He first started to learn to sign with baby sign, saying things such as milk, bath and nappy.

‘He has picked up more and more sign language over time and he has become very natural.’ Both parents use British Sign Language (BSL) and thought it was important for their son to learn it.

The mother-of-two wanted him to learn so he can 'communicate' better without any frustration or communication barrier. And being such a 'fast-learner', he can now he can let his parents know when someone's at the door.

Gabriel's 'caring nature' ensures everyone is included and he is currently teaching his 19-month-old sister. Ms Britton and Conor faced language barriers and wanted their son to be able to grasp both of them.

More than 18,000 people have watched the video of Gabriel in under a day and have shared their messages of adoration.

Rhian Deans wrote: 'What an incredible little Man! You must be one proud mama!'

Jo Betts said: 'This is so beautiful. I'd be bursting with pride if he were my son. Bless him.'

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Should I Cochlear Implant My Children?!

Say what, should I cochlear implant my children?!

LONDON, United Kingdom -- A famous motivational speaker and leading FX trader Charning Peters, a British author of "Deaf And Wealth, Peters shares the opinion and thought about the cochlear implant issue for his Deaf children.

Charning Peters encourage people how to overcome their own limitations of success. The professional guide to becoming a successful trader.

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The Silent Child (2017) - Official Trailer

The Silent Child film tells the story of a profoundly Deaf child born to hearing parents and the unequivocal power of communication.

HOLLYWOOD -- The Silent Child is a British short film written by and starring Rachel Shenton and directed by Chris Overton, and released in 2017 by Slick Films. It tells the story of Libby, a profoundly Deaf four-year-old girl, who lives a silent life until a social worker, played by Shenton, teaches her how to communicate through sign language. The film won the Live Action Short Film category at the 90th Academy Awards.

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The film was based on Shenton's own experiences as the child of a parent who became deaf. The film features profoundly Deaf six-year-old first-time actor Maisie Sly as the titular child. British Sign Language (BSL) is used in the film.

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The Silent Child won best short film at the Rhode Island International Film Festival in August 2017. This made it eligible for entry to the Oscars. In December 2017 the film was selected as one of the final ten films in the Live Action Short Film category for the 90th Academy Awards.

On 23 January 2018, it was announced that The Silent Child was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for the 90th Academy Awards, which it then won. Shenton kept a promise that she had made to their young lead actress and signed her acceptance speech.

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'Dawn of the Deaf' (2016) - Short Horror Film

WATCH: English Subtitles - 'Dawn of the Deaf' (2016) The Short Film.

When a sonic pulse infects the Hearing population, a small group of Deaf people must band together to survive.

LONDON, U.K. -- “Dawn of the Deaf” is a zombie movie where we see the origins of the zombie apocalypse through four separate narratives, all involving Deaf people: A few cruel-hearted pranksters taunt Deaf people on the streets; a Deaf person gives an inspirational speech at a fundraising event as his wife watches; a lesbian couple try to work out their relationship problems; a teenager is being sexually abused by her stepfather.

Rob Savage’s “Dawn of the Deaf” is kind of maddening in that to describe the film is to give away its central premise, which is revealed at the very end. It’s a film that is all set-up. It feels like the first 10 minutes to a feature that has a brilliant idea for a zombie film that we will hopefully see someday. It’s too good an idea to go to waste. Savage remember when he saw the credits and shouting “Dammit!” when it was over. he say all of this as a high compliment, by the way.

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Things Not To Say To A Deaf Person - BBC

"You don't look deaf"... Things not to say to a Deaf person.

LONDON, United Kingdom -- BBC Three have released a video of the things you really shouldn't say to a Deaf person. Whether it's asking them to lip read what someone's saying across a room or only showing an interest in how to sign swear words, here are some of the things not to say to a Deaf person.

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Six-Year-Old Deaf Schoolboy On ISIS Hit List

A six-year-old schoolboy facing deportation has begged to stay in the United Kingdom because he is on the ISIS hit list for being Deaf.

LONDON, UK -- Lawand Hamadamin fled Iraq with his parents and brother last year after learning that the sick terrorist organisation had ordered the killing of disabled kids by lethal injection.

There were also rumours Al-Qaeda and Islamic State were recruiting young people with disabilities to become suicide bombers.

Mum Golbahar Hussein, 33, and dad Rebwar Golbahayh, 35, set off on a treacherous journey across Europe with Lawand, who was born profoundly Deaf and unable to communicate, and his nine-year-old brother Rawa.

In order to protect Lawand's cochlear implant during his perilous trip across the water, his parents put a plastic bag on his head.

They then spent a year living in a French refugee camp before they came to Britain and settled in Derby.

Lawand got a place at the Royal School for the Deaf in the city, where he has learned to communicate via British Sign Language.

His parents thanked the school for "saving their son's life" and he has continued to thrive with his teachers saying he is making "extraordinary progress."

But this week, his shocked parents were told the devastating news by the Home Office that they are now likely to be deported to Germany and warned they'll be given a week to leave on January 9.

Staff at the non-maintained residential special school say they are heartbroken at the prospect of Lawand leaving.

They are now working with solicitors supported by charity DeafKidz International in a bid to reverse the decision by the Home Office.

Head teacher Helen Shepherd said: "Lawand's family are understandably devastated that they are being deported, especially since he has made such extraordinary progress in the few months he has been with us.

"When Lawand arrived at the school in September, he had no means of communicating with anyone - even his own family.

"In the very short time he has been with us, Lawand has made exceptional progress.

"He is signing incredibly well and we have been so proud of him - he has made good friends, has grown in confidence and exceeded all our expectations.

"It is inconceivable that he should be removed from the school when he has only just begun.

"Lawand's cochlear implant processor has broken and so he has no functioning hearing aid yet.

"He has an appointment this week so that he can get a referral to the Nottingham Cochlear Implant Centre.

"There is little chance that he will get that appointment before the New Year, by which time he could have gone."

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Deaf Mum Hears Son's Voice For The First Time

Deaf mum hearing her family speak for the first time goes viral on social media, will bring you tears of joy.

MANCHESTER, United Kingdom -- The Channel 4 documentary has single handedly restored our faith in humanity, after the TV show introduced us to single mum Rebecca, her sister Amy and her three-year-old son.

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9 years ago Rebecca had an unexplained loos of hearing in her right ear. Then, as if that wasn't enough, 16 weeks ago she tragically went deaf in her left ear too.

"I've had to learn new ways of trying to communicate with him" explains a defiant Rebecca, as she bravely battles her condition, to give her son the best possible life.

However, with the help of audiologist Hugh Cooper, everything is about to change for the better.

When the mother of one visited Manchester Royal Infirmary with her sister Amy as part of Breaking the Silence Live, we see her hear again for the first time since she lost her hearing, thanks to the help of a cochlear implant.

The show has clearly struck a cord with viewers who have taken to Twitter to discuss the importance of communicating with Deaf people so that they don't feel alienated.

People take being able to hear for granted, have the upmost respect for my deaf family and all they've achieved #breakingthesilence.

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How Not To Be A Dick To Deaf People

Watch the 2:23 minutes of awareness and educational "How Not to be a Dick to Deaf People."

Meet Bea the host for The Social from BBC Scotland, sharing and educating to Hearing people about the hearing-loss individuals - If you're curious about Deaf people and want to ask questions to learn more, go ahead. But there are some questions you should NEVER ask or say.

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Bea has heard them all including - You're too pretty to be deaf but too ugly to be hearing. You don’t look deaf. How do Deaf people have babies? How do Deaf people have sex? Can Deaf people drive? So next time you speak to someone who's Deaf, don't be a dick, think before you open your mouth.

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Deaf Paedophile Sisters Sexually Abused Boy

Deaf British paedophile sisters sexually abused boy over 10 year period from age of six.

WORCESTER, United Kingdom -- Sisters believed to be Britain's first Deaf female paedophiles have been told to expect "very significant sentences" for sexually abusing a six-year-old boy. Sick Julie Fellows, 30, and sister Jennifer, 32, repeatedly molested the youngster over a 14 year period. Worcester Crown Court heard the sisters first started abusing the boy when he was aged six in 2000.

Julie was 14-years-old when she lured the boy into a petrol station toilets where she touched her private parts. On another occasion she performed oral sex on the youngster, the court heard.

Julie was found guilty following a trial of indecently assaulting a boy aged six to nine between October 2000 and April 2004 in Leominster, and sexual activity with a boy aged 14 -16 between October 2008 and October 2010 in Hereford.

Jennifer admitted indecently assaulting a boy aged six to nine between October 2000 and April 2004 in Leominster, and inciting sexual activity with a boy aged 14-16 between October 2008 and October 2010 in Kington.

Prosecutor Simon Phillips said: "The allegations date back many years and the more serious of them when Julie was 14 and the victim was six.

"The behaviour was so frequent it became routine and he thought it was the norm."

"Julie later moved in with her fiancé Adam and the victim was sitting on the sofa with Julie watching TV while Adam was asleep," the prosecutor continued.

"She started a conversation with him about what used to happen and she put his hand down her trousers. "She told him he needed to lose his virginity and said 'Who would you rather lose it to?'.

"She got him to get onto his knees and they had intercourse for a short period of time. She was between 22 and 24 and he was 14... Read The Full Story.

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Deaf Children "Allowed To Engage In Sexual Activity" At School

Deaf News: Children at a school for the Deaf were mishandled by staff, allowed to misbehave and engaged in sexual activity.

EXETER, UK -- BBC News: Devon and Cornwall Police are now investigating the claims made against Exeter Deaf Academy.

The BBC understands three staff members have been suspended, but the school would not confirm this.

The academy said it would act "quickly if it is found that any improvements need to be made".

Restrain children: Sources from the inquiry told the BBC they received a letter from the whistleblower detailing claims which included staff drinking alcohol on residential trips.

It is claimed the drinking led to a lack of supervision of students who engaged in sexual activity.

The letter also alleges excessive force was used to restrain children, along with techniques that were not authorised by regulators.

The concerns were raised, the letter says, but not dealt with.

The allegations prompted Devon and Cornwall Police and Devon Social Services to launch an investigation.

Exeter Deaf Academy said: "We continue to cooperate fully with the ongoing investigation by Devon County Council and Devon and Cornwall Police and cannot and should not comment until this is complete and the facts have been properly established.

"We care deeply about the welfare of our students, and will act quickly if it is found that any improvements need to be made at the Academy."

The academy - a mixed, residential facility that currently has 76 students aged between four and 24 - would not comment on whether or not any staff had been suspended.

Devon and Cornwall Police said: "We are not yet in a position to comment regarding whether there have been any criminal offences or other breaches of legislation, however, the safety of the students is paramount and we will work together to ensure that a thorough investigation is conducted."

Devon County Council said it was "working closely" with the police and the academy's chief executive.

The latest report by the regulator Ofsted, in February this year, was critical of the academy saying it "requires improvement".

SOURCE - BBC News

Life and Deaf - BBC4 Documentary

BBC4 Documentary 'Life and Deaf' An immersive, experiential film in BSL about the Deaf world, with its unique humour and culture.

LONDON, UK -- An immersive, experiential film about the Deaf world, with its unique humour and culture - a world which most of us rarely encounter. The film is in British Sign Language. There is no score, no commentary, and none of the conventions of normal film-making.

The film follows some of the key characters who frequent St John's Deaf Club in north London as they face life's twists and turns and challenges.

The Costis are a big Deaf family. Tina Costi and her football-mad husband Marios are expecting a baby. For generations in Marios's family, boys are always born Deaf and girls are always born hearing. Will this new Costi baby break with tradition?

Like the Costis, Abigail also comes from a big Deaf family. She has just turned 30 and is about to make one of the biggest decisions of her life. She is considering undergoing surgery to have a cochlear implant fitted to help her deteriorating hearing, and also to better connect with her hearing friends. Abigail wants to be part of both worlds. But it's a controversial decision for her family, who proudly trace their Deaf Heritage back eight generations. How will this affect her relationship with both her family and the wider Deaf community?

At the heart of St John's Deaf Club is its football team. The rivalry between Deaf football teams is intense. Marios's brother Memnos is captain of the team. He eats, sleeps and breathes football. Passionate to the point of obsession, can he inspire his team to win the English Deaf Cup for the second time in a row?

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A Short Film About A Deaf Dancer

Chris Fonseca: "Dance is not an option, It's who I am" - A short film about a Deaf dancer.

LONDON, United Kingdom -- In collaboration with Smirnoff as part of their ‘We’re Open’ campaign, UK producer Donae’o recently teamed up with Deaf dancer Chris Fonseca and dance crew Plague for the video for his track ‘Mami No Like’, which drops next week.

As a precursor to that, it’s worth watching this short film about Chris’ processes as a Deaf dancer, as well as some of the issues he’s had to overcome to get to where he is today.

Chris’s aim is to teach members of the Deaf community that there are ways to enjoy music beyond just hearing it. As well as featuring in this video, he has teamed up with Smirnoff to host a Deaf dance workshop every last Friday of the month at Huskies dance studios.

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#NoGoBritain - Failing The Deaf ?

WATCH [CC] - Deaf News: No Go Britain: Failing the Deaf in the UK?

LONDON, UK -- A new report from the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS) says that, ten years on from the introduction of hearing screening for new-born babies, the benefits are being undermined by lack of support for Deaf children and their families. Three quarters of such children arrive in school lagging behind their peers in terms of development and, by their teens, they are almost twice as likely to fail to achieve five good GCSEs (General Certificate of Secondary Education).

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In the third report of our series on the challenges faced by disabled people in Britain, Jackie Long has been finding out how some families cope.

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Challenges for disabled people: welcome to No Go Britain - Disabled filmmaker Kate Ansell went to meet some of the people who are finding their ambitions thwarted, and have resolved to make 2016 the year they start breaking down the barriers.

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Deaf Man Could Lose Leg After Hit-and-Run

Hit-and-run victim left lying in road in Wales could lose leg.

NEWPORT, Wales -- A Deaf man could lose his leg after he was left lying in the road following a hit-and-run in Newport, Wales on Friday night.

Dean Cohen, 51, is in a serious but stable condition at hospital after undergoing a 12-hour skin graft operation in a bid to save his leg.

Mr Cohen, of Oliphant Circle, Newport, had only popped to the shop on Malpas Road when he was hit by a car when crossing the road near the BP garage. The car did not stop and Mr Cohen, who has been Deaf since contracting meningitis as a baby, was left bleeding on the road.

But fortunately a pair of Good Samaritans, Jenny Peacock and her husband Matthew from Newport, were driving along Malpas Road at around 7.50pm and stopped to help.

Mrs Peacock said they had pulled over to help the man, who was conscious but bleeding with a serious injury to his leg.

“We pulled him off the road and put him against the bus stop and waited for the police and an ambulance to arrive,” she said.

“It was awful – his skin was ripped open and he was in a lot of pain.

“He was Deaf so it was difficult to communicate with him.

“He kept signing that he had been hit by a car.”

The 35-year-old said neither she nor her husband had seen what had hit him and the victim himself could not remember what had happened.

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Deaf Foam Festival “Will Be Too Noisy” UK Police:

Deaf News: Fears that three-day Deaf Festival “will be too noisy” at Eggington, United Kingdom, claims the UK police.

EGGINGTON, UK -- Police are objecting to a licence for a three-day festival likely to attract at least 500 Deaf people from across the United Kingdom because they fear the event will be too noisy.

The England Deaf Party wants The Deaf Foam Festival to take place on July 8-10 at Stockwell Farm, Leighton Road, Eggington, with entertainment running through until 4am. Despite not yet having a licence its website says certain ticket types are sold out or nearly sold out.

Beds Police licensing officer PC Liam Mitchell has told Central Beds Council that the event’s website and social media pages made reference to ‘Live Music, All Night Long’. “This is despite regulated entertainment not being requested on the application,” he said.

“Such music is likely to result in a repeat of the noise nuisance seen by the residents of Eggington during the event in 2014 [The Illusive Fest].”

He pointed out that the Illusive Fest at the same site attacted around 1,500 people, resulted in multiple arrests for drug offences, assault, criminal damage and a serious road traffic collision. Villagers from Eggington also complained of excessive noise.

Pc Mitchell said: “The previous festival at the site in question in 2014 demonstrated the impact on crime, disorder, public safety and nuisance that a well-planned event at this location generated.”

He described the planning for the Deaf Foam Festival as “worrying limited”. He added: “On speaking to the applicant via email, no public safety risk assessments appear to be in place. A review of the organiser’s website, Twitter, and Facebook pages raise further concerns about how the event is being managed...

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Hearing People Versus Deaf People

WATCH [CC] - Hearing vs Deaf: Pros and cons of being Deaf.

Deaf feminist Mhairi Brown from Scotland sharing the video to educate Hearing people, not only the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Therefore, this is complete misplacement of the small 'd' again to suggest it is inclusive as well. Overall a pro Deaf create an inspiring thoughts within both of awareness and culture. Hearing versus Deaf - What an excellent campaign with positive for the community!

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Facebook Replace The Deaf Club - BBC News

Deaf News: Why Facebook has become so important to the sign language community in the United Kingdom.

LONDON -- Sign Language users once had to meet at local Deaf clubs to have conversations and share their views. Now, video on social media means things have changed, says Deaf journalist Charlie Swinbourne.

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There was a time when sign language users had to go to a local club to shoot the breeze, share advice or have any kind of conversation. It's not as if you could just pick up the phone for a chat. Deaf clubs were a real community hub full of friends, families, board games and a barman.

In recent years, though, social media sites have started to replace the Deaf club, with Facebook leading the way. Videos on newsfeed pages can be viewed for long periods and groups are easy to set up and join.

Last year, the importance of Facebook as an outlet for the sign language community was acknowledged at a high level when the Scottish Parliament set up a group on the site to gain supporting evidence for the groundbreaking British Sign Language (Scotland) Bill, which was passed in September, and aims to promote usage of the language.

When social media first became popular, the novelty for a sign language user was that they could appear just the same as anyone else via text. Many Deaf people enjoyed being able to communicate more easily with their network of hearing colleagues, old school friends or family members for the first time...

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Hearing People Should Sign For Themselves

WATCH: A psychologist is calling for signing to be available as a ‘foreign language’ option for hearing children.

LONDON, UK -- Dr Jim Cromwell said that learning British Sign Language (BSL) would benefit all students’ education and make life easier for Deaf people, bringing ‘extraordinary’ benefits for those without hearing.

In an ‘ideal world’ BSL would form part of the National Curriculum and be a compulsory element in mainstream schools, he added.

“Bilingualism gives a huge advantage in terms of thinking skills,” said Dr Cromwell, a clinical psychologist at Exeter Deaf Academy.

Having a wider population of people with BSL would make life easier those without hearing, he said. More than 900,000 people in the UK are severely or profoundly Deaf, according to the charity, Action on Hearing Loss.

Dr Cromwell also believes that those of the country’s 45,000 Deaf children who are taught in mainstream schools are not receiving the education they deserve.

“There is not the right support for them,” he said.

“They are being helped by teaching assistants with Level 2 BSL – that’s less than an O Level.

“Schools are getting away with that. There is the attitude of ‘they (Deaf children) are not doing well, but they are disabled, aren’t they?’

“Relying on education through spoken (rather than signed) lessons is like trying to learn maths A Level in Russian. Lip reading is 40 per cent guess work.”

Dr Cromwell, who has BSL at Level 4 – equivalent to degree standard – is believed to be the only clinical psychologist on the staff of a UK specialist school.

While a Deaf child ‘can do everything except hear’ many came to the Exeter school with attachment disorder, language delay, and behavioural problems because of a lack of access to BSL.

“They fall behind in primary school and are regarded as ‘problem students’,” he said. “Not all of our students are like that by any means, but we get those.”

Linguistic deprivation was one of the consequences of deafness that often began in the home as 90 per cent of children who were born Deaf had Hearing parents.

“Some (parents) will have never met a Deaf person, have no BSL and struggle to know what to do,” he said.

Their children were then learning BSL from a parent who was also learning the signing language. That might lead to learning deals that could give rise to behavioural problems, said Dr Cromwell.

Further problems might arise at schools without teachers qualified in BSL at a high level.

Part of the problem was that BSL was seen by many as a ‘pidgin’ form of English, instead of a language that was ‘heir to a rich cultural landscape’.

Widespread learning and use of BSL would help address many of those problems leading to an extraordinary increase in the well-being of Deaf children, said Dr Cromwell.

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Signing Santa To Make Girl's Wish Come True

WATCH [CC] - Santa surprises parents by signing to her daughter at the UK shopping mall goes viral on social media.

MIDDLESBROUGH -- "Mali" Phoenix Williams-Cody, aged 3, has visited the Cleveland Centre's special event days several times. Mali's parents have some great photos of her at Halloween as well as Christmas. She came with her mum on Saturday to meet Santa Claus.

Mali is not Deaf, she struggles to communicate with speech and language. She has been attending a special school to help with her communication and this is were she learned sign language.

As seen in the video, Santa asked Mali’s mum if she could sign and touched hearts all over the world when he sprung in to action signing to Mali if she wanted a doll for Christmas. Her reaction is priceless and touched all of us who witnessed it live. Mali's parents were so pleased they could capture such a special moment and share it with the world."

Subscribe: https://youtube.com/mashupmarks. Filmed at the Cleveland Centre Middlesbrough: https://facebook.com/clevelandcentre.middlesbrough

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British School For The Deaf In Sexual Abuse

Woodford School for the Deaf in decades-long sex abuse scandal.

LONDON, United Kingdom -- BBC Newsnight documentary film: Newsnight and See Hear can for the first time name the perpetrator of horrific abuse carried out at a London (Woodford) school for the Deaf children over three decades.

The abuser was allowed to prey on the school's pupils even after he was convicted of indecently assaulting two of them, and barred by the Department for Education from being a proprietor of the school. His victims, who fought and failed to win justice, tell their story to Erika Jones.

When Deaf children are abused, they can have extra difficulties in letting people know what has happened. One incidence of abuse from an east London school for Deaf children has demonstrated the problem in a See Hear and Newsnight investigation which has named the perpetrator for the first time.

With limited vocabulary and lack of awareness, many children at Woodford School for Deaf Children tried to tell people they were being sexually abused by the husband of the headmistress, without success.

"There was a busy road with a playground and there'd be people walking past but we had no communication because we couldn't speak, we couldn't sign and they couldn't understand our voices," says James, not his real name, a pupil at the school in the early 1960s. "We'd try and write notes but our vocabulary was limited. The only word we knew was 'rude'."

It is difficult for a child to tell an adult that they have been touched inappropriately, sexually assaulted or raped. If that child is Deaf and can't speak well, or if they use sign language, then communicating even the simplest things can be a challenge...

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