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The Limping Chicken Those of us here at the coop (!) were pleased to get an email recently from a disability researcher called Joseph Reddington, informing us that The Limping Chicken is the world’s 6th most popular disability blog, ranked by traffic. Reddington works at the Royal Holloway and regularly blogs on a range of issues, including disability […]
Wed, Apr 23 2014 · 48 minutes ago

What is it that you desire most?
SpeakUpLibrarian This Thai video subtitled in English touched my heart and reminded me of the power of human kindness.
Wed, Apr 23 2014 · 49 minutes ago

Short film: Summer Beats
All Sign Language I love short films. And here is a short film Summer Beats about a Deaf teenager. However, due to funding the film cannot be made yet. The film is a project of a group of filmmakers who wish to make this short film in order to finish their filmmaking degree. As such they have placed their short film idea on the Indiegogo website to raise funding of $1,000 to make the ...
Wed, Apr 23 2014 · 1 hour ago

Review of Tribes in Berkeley
Deaf News Today The stage production of Tribes is being produced at the new Berkeley Repertory Theatre in Berkeley, California through May 18. One reviewer says, "At times, the verbiage gets a bit thick, and the production seems about to stall in white noise. But “Tribes” comes together in the second act." Read more here. Read More at DeafNewsToday.com
Wed, Apr 23 2014 · 1 hour ago

Deaf People Make Smart Superheroes!
adreanaline When I imagine Deaf superheroes I always think they have more common sense. Why?
Wed, Apr 23 2014 · 3 hours ago

UHB: Not implemented any changes yet on deaf Access.
Byddar - Cymru A 4th FOI response via Byddar Cymru's 7 request to all welsh trusts regarding compliance with the welsh assembly directive on health access for the deaf and hearing impaired patients, as yet NONE have complied with a directive of November 2013. TO BYYDAR CYMRU:  Re: Information Requested Under The Freedom Of Information Act 2000 Further to your request of 21 Ma...
Wed, Apr 23 2014 · 4 hours ago

Answering 6 Atheist Arguments: A Response to Justin Vollmar
Noah's Blog PART ONE PART TWO Captions will be added to these videos soon.
Wed, Apr 23 2014 · 4 hours ago

Is Exodus Real? Responding to Justin Vollmar
Noah's Blog This video responses to Justin Vollmar’s video titled “Archeology have proved that Exodus is a myth.”
Wed, Apr 23 2014 · 4 hours ago

My Strange Encounter with a Mute Person
Noah's Blog How should Deaf people interact with disabled/handicapped people? Deaf- Have you ever encountered a mute person? Please share with me your experiences.
Wed, Apr 23 2014 · 4 hours ago

Nurse sacked for abusing deaf colleague.
At The Rim A foul-mouthed nurse who swore at patients at a Yorkshire mental health unit and called one “Abu Hamza” has been struck off.  Christopher Cooper, 48 also racially abused one colleague and called a deaf worker a highly offensive name and covered his mouth so she could not lip read, a hearing was told. He was sacked after the allegations came to light and has no...
Wed, Apr 23 2014 · 4 hours ago

Class Action
At The Rim Lexington School for the Deaf is proud to present CLASS ACTION, a show about high school, but the parts you don't see in the classroom: relationships, cheating, illness, gossip, pregnancy, bullying, and so much more*. You'll even get to go to prom and graduation. You'll see high school in a way you've never seen before!Performed in American Sign Language with voice in...
Wed, Apr 23 2014 · 4 hours ago

CRTC unveils video relay service for deaf, speech impaired
At The Rim The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has announced that video relay service will be made available in Canada as early as fall 2015 for users of American Sign Language (ASL) and Language des signes quebecoise (LSQ). Upon launch, the service will facilitate conversations between consumers who are deaf, hard of hearing and speech impaire...
Wed, Apr 23 2014 · 4 hours ago

Surf Selfie Reveal Your Internet Addiction!
-Selina^Wing- Nowadays, the young generation are also extremely tech-savvy and love to be connected with each other via various types of social networks! Maybe you worry about your attraction to the Internet now. So, Serkollen allows you to check your weekly report based on your result of addiction's online behaviour with the web browser history. It called "Surf Selfie" in English ...
Wed, Apr 23 2014 · 4 hours ago

What's the craziest confession you ever heard from a deaf...
Young Thomsen Ummm, interesting. In the comments below, write the craziest confession you ever heard from a deaf person! I highly doubt this will work, maybe people will prove me wrong. 
Wed, Apr 23 2014 · 7 hours ago

Nick Sturley: The government should consider a radical...
The Limping Chicken A recent survey, conducted by City University, London, has concluded that the education system is failing Deaf children in the UK. This survey claims that more than half of oral–deaf children struggle with their reading skills, as do hearing children with dyslexia. The latter often receive adequate support at school while a majority of the […]
Wed, Apr 23 2014 · 8 hours ago

12 anos da Lei de Libras – Carpina
Cultura Surda Categoria: Eventos País: Brasil Línguas: Português e Língua de Sinais Brasileira (Libras/LSB) No próximo dia 16 de abril, será realizado na cidade de Carpina (Pernambuco) a II Comemoração dos 12 anos da Lei de Libras. O evento, que ocorrerá das 8h30 às 16h30 no auditório da Prefeitura de Carpina, abordará temas como linguística e legislação […]
Wed, Apr 23 2014 · 10 hours ago

USC Lectures on cochlear implants
Deaf News Today Three people were honored recently for the their work with cochlear implants by the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation. Graeme Clark, Ingeborg Hochmair and Blake Wilson spoke at the University of Southern California as part of the Lasker Lectures. Read more here. Read More at DeafNewsToday.com
Tue, Apr 22 2014 · 11 hours ago

The Hinterlands
Captioned Web TV Paul is a young man of 16, into theoretical physics and lives in the middle of nowhere. His being a scrawny science nerd can make him into a bully magnet, even more so with him being gay. For anyone in the Hinterlands, life's not easy.Note: This is part of the TREVOR Project, of saving young lives. [link]   ---
Tue, Apr 22 2014 · 13 hours ago

Alegria, alegria
Cultura Surda Categoria: Sucessos em sinais País: Brasil Música: “Alegria, alegria” (Caetano Veloso) Línguas: Português e Língua de Sinais Brasileira (Libras/LSB) Letra: “Alegria, alegria”, Caetano Veloso Vídeo oficial: “Alegria, alegria”, Caetano Veloso (ver. 2011) Em 1967, um jovem compositor chamado Caetano Veloso chegava à final do 3º Festival da Música Pop...
Tue, Apr 22 2014 · 15 hours ago

Sean Forbes Reflects on Influences
Deaf News Today Deaf hip hop performer Sean Forbes spoke at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York yesterday as part of the Cornell University Deaf Awareness Project. The school's student newspaper, The Cornell Daily Sun, interviewed Forbes and asked him about his musical beginnings and commitment to the deaf community. Read the interview here. Read More at DeafNewsToday.com
Tue, Apr 22 2014 · 19 hours ago

What if Batman Were Deaf?
adreanaline The "ASL Bat" series imagines a Deaf superhero in a comic universe filled with sign language! (Part 1 of 5)
Tue, Apr 22 2014 · 19 hours ago

All Welsh Health videos to contain Captions.
Byddar - Cymru Thanks to DARG for this, an end to BSL only public Information  videos ?
Tue, Apr 22 2014 · 21 hours ago

A wonderful resource for librarians who interact with...
Silent Grapevine A wonderful resource for librarians who interact with people from the Deaf community is called "The Red Notebook: Deaf Resources @ Your Library", a project started in 1979, spearheaded by Alice L. Hagemeyer. Alice is a retired Deaf librarian, who worked in Washington D.C. at the District of Columbia’s public library. She is also the founder of Friends of Librarie...
Tue, Apr 22 2014 · 21 hours ago

Hearing Aide application: Singapore
At The Rim To help the deaf community "hear", and communicate better with the hearing, two mobile applications (apps) were launched on Tuesday. “Say it With Signs” and “Hearing Aide” were developed for the deaf community to make daily communication easier with family and friends.  The “Say it with Signs” app helps the deaf and the hearing communicate better through ...
Tue, Apr 22 2014 · 23 hours ago

How to disable and enable subtitles in Windows Media Centre
At The Rim Subtitles and closed captions can be useful - a means of silently watching a film or TV show, and a useful aid for the deaf or hard of hearing. But it is annoying when subtitles appear and you can't work out why, or how to get rid of them. In this article we will explain from where subtitles and closed captions appear, and how to remove them. Here's How to disable and...
Tue, Apr 22 2014 · 23 hours ago