Liam O'Dell

Liam O’Dell is a Deaf and disabled freelance journalist.

<p>We need hearing people to speak up alongside us, just not for us</p>

Deaf people like me deserve better than MrBeast’s ‘inspiration porn’

<p>To misquote Regina George of <em>Mean Girls</em>: stop trying to make Matt Hancock’s political comeback happen </p>

My MP abandoned us for I’m A Celebrity, too – it didn’t go well

<p>This vile ableism comes despite Tasha’s family and friends pleading with fans of the show to stop</p>

Fan of Love Island? You should be worried about its future

<p>‘Music is for everybody’: Jesssie Ware (top left) is among the acts at Brixton’s Mighty Hoopla festival whose set is experienced by deaf fans wearing haptic suits </p>

Inside the radical tech helping deaf concertgoers ‘feel’ live music