What is it wish to be deaf within the UK? | Britain and Me

“The hearing world… they think deaf people are like monsters,” says Amy who’s deaf and was born into a completely deaf household.

“The only thing different about me is my ears don’t work.”

Around one in 5 folks within the UK are deaf or have listening to loss. That’s 12 million folks.

And day-after-day they’re confronted with a world that isn’t constructed for them.

This movie provides a glimpse of what it’s actually wish to be deaf within the UK, the language and group that’s constructed round it, and explores how we will make Britain extra accessible, beginning right now.

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