On April 1st, 2023 Deaf Friendly Limited acquired the SLFirst online Deaf Magazine. Whilst still read by people from all over the world, the SLFirst magazine had been inactive for some years. The magazine is now called Deaf Friendly Magazine. It will remain as a FREE to access magazine, and will continue to share information and stories linked to deaf life, sport, entertainment and education. As most of the services Deaf Friendly Limited offers are linked to adult and child education, the education section of the magazine will be the most active section of the magazine.
Published articles will remain of interest to deaf and hard of hearing readers, parents and guardians of deaf children, educators and employers of deaf people.
Commenting on the acquisition, Cardiff based Deaf Friendly Limited owner and Director Sarah Lawrence said, “The SLFirst Magazine became popular across the world in a matter of months, and it is of great sadness that insufficient time meant that nothing was published for some time. With Deaf Friendly Limited now taking over the magazine, we hope to keep anyone interested in deafness updated with the latest and most important information, with short, sharp and focused articles. SLFirst remains the only magazine in the world that is both written and signed, and under the new title, Deaf Friendly Magazine, we intend to continue that tradition, enabling language equality by interested parties.”