New article by Wan Brown, Rogers, and Young (2025) titled "What is the Evidence Underpinning Clinical Assessment of Mental Health of Deaf Adults with Intellectual Disabilities: A Scoping Review” has been published on Taylor and Francis Online: doi.org/10.1080/1931...

New blog by Young, Palanisamy, Rogers, Thanzami and Hulme (2025) titled "Deafness is not an infectious disease but a global health priority" has been published on BMJ Global Health: blogs.bmj.com/bmjgh/2025/0... #SORD #odafunding #DeafInclusion #globalhealthequity

Meet Molly Redpath-Healy, who is a Research Assistant at SORD. She's currently supporting two key projects, including the Deaf Cancer Support Project: evaluation study. Her ideal superpower? Being an octopus of productivity to tackle multiple tasks at once. 🐙 #MeetTheTeam #DeafResearch #BSL #SORD

Katherine Rogers is part of the Social Research with Deaf People (SORD) group at @manchester.ac.uk, working with the Deaf community and others to promote the wellbeing of d/Deaf individuals, families & communities. #healthinequalities #fairerhealthforall #healthierfuturesuom @fbmh-uom.bsky.social

Meet Robyn Swannack, Research Assistant at SORD! When she's not deep in the ethics process or data extraction for a scoping review, she's dreaming of one very handy research superpower: teleportation ✨ #MeetTheTeam #DeafResearch #BSL #SORD #ResearchAssistant

Meet Dr Celia Hulme, Research Associate and Early Career Researcher working to improve health and social care for deaf sign language users. 💡 Her research superpower? Absorbing knowledge fast, fuelled by tea and dark chocolate! #MeetTheTeam #DeafResearch #BSL #SORD #EarlyCareerResearcher

Dr Joanna Atkinson, neuropsychologist and Chair of the BSL Act Advisory Board (Health and Social Care), delivers a powerful speech to the UK Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and the Minister for Social Security and Disability. Please watch the video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwYO...

Dr. Katie Rogers from SORD and Dr Kate Rowley from @dcal-ucl.bsky.social are presenting at the BDA's BSL Conference! 🗓️ Leeds | 17–18 July 2025 Get your tickets here: bslconference.org.uk #BSLConference2025 #TheFutureStartsWithUs #BritishSignLanguage #DeafCommunity #SignLanguageResearch

Alys and Celia from the SORD team are in South Africa this week with the CFDS at Wits, working on the INForMHAA project. With Jemina, Sarah and Natalia, they’re building the SA–UK network to strengthen sign language interpreting in health and social care. Funded by the Academy of Medical Sciences.

Many congratulations to Dr Oram on achieving her PhD! The whole team at SORD is proud to celebrate this brilliant achievement. We wish her all the very best for the next chapter.

This Deaf Awareness week, we go beyond silence by spotlighting deaf-led research and highlighting what true Deaf Awareness looks like in research with deaf people. Have a look at the video here: www.facebook.com/share/v/1Etd... #DeafAwarenessWeek #BeyondSilence #DeafResearch

PhD update! Rosie has completed interview analysis with two professional groups. Key findings are now published as part of her PhD. Read more: sites.manchester.ac.uk/sord/2025/04... #PhD #UoM #SORD

Social Research with Deaf People (SORD) at The University of Manchester was pleased to welcome Professor Uma Palanisamy from Monash University Malaysia during her visit last week. We appreciated the fantastic opportunity to engage in discussions and knowledge exchange.

We are proud to join the British Deaf Association in recognising BSL as a place of belonging! #SLW2025 #SORD #UoM #UniversityofManchester @uniofmanchester.bsky.social @nmswresearch.bsky.social

Are you a Deaf BSL user, 18 or over, using hearing aids, and living in Manchester? We invite you to take a quick 5-minute survey to find out how many Deaf BSL users use hearing aids in Manchester. Your input matters!👉 www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_... #DeafBSLUser #HearingAids #SORD

New article by Oram and Young (2025) titled “The modern history of social work with Deaf people” has been published in the Bulletin of the Social Work History Network: doi.org/10.21954/ou....

New article by Oram, Young and Cartney (2024) titled "Standing at the crossroads: Child safeguarding and Deaf BSL parents (in England) - Issues and Challenges in Social Work" has been published in The British Journal of Social Work: doi.org/10.1093/bjsw...

New article by Oram, Cartney and Young (2024) titled "Assessing deaf parents in safeguarding and child protection processes: Deaf experts' experience of routine social work practice" has been published in Qualitative Social Work: doi.org/10.1177/1473...

New article by Oram, Young and Cartney (2024) titled "Now you see them, now you don't: Professional recognition of specialist professionals working with Deaf British Sign Language parents in child safeguarding" has been published in Qualitative Social Work: doi.org/10.1177/1473...

New article by Rogers, Lovell, Bower, Armitage and Young (2025) titled “What are Deaf sign language users’ experiences as patients in healthcare services? A scoping review”: journals.plos.org/globalpublic.... Abstract in BSL: video.manchester.ac.uk/faculties/02...

We are so proud to celebrate Dr Katherine Rogers, who has been honoured as part of the University of Manchester's Bicentenary Way! Learn more about Dr Rogers and other remarkable individuals who have shaped our university's legacy: www.manchester.ac.uk/about/bicent... #UoM200 #ProudToBeUoM #SORD

Are you a Deaf BSL user, 18 or over, using hearing aids, and living in Manchester? We invite you to take a quick 5-minute survey to find out how many Deaf BSL users use hearing aids in Manchester. Your input matters!👉 www.qualtrics.manchester.ac.uk/jfe/form/SV_... #DeafBSLUser #HearingAids #SORD

Excited to share our first #Bluesky post from SORD. We wish to share our research, insights and collaborations on the social, cultural and linguistic experiences of Deaf communities. Follow us to stay updated!   #SORD #UoM #UniversityofManchester #Research