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Tyron Woolfe & Abigail Gorman: Our new Deaf LGBTQ...
The Limping Chicken Do you remember our post in June 2018? We wrote about launching the new Deaf LGBTIQA website, which was kindly […]
Tue, Jun 25 2019 · 21 hours ago

Juliet England: Life lessons – teaching with a hearing...
The Limping Chicken It’s been a brisk time in terms of leaving my usual pit to go and venture out into the wider […]
Mon, Jun 24 2019

Chris Bojas: Improving access to mental health by...
The Limping Chicken Mental health is a big issue nationally right now: it’s constantly in the news, and in particular there are some […]
Fri, Jun 21 2019

Charlie Swinbourne: We should ask more questions of...
The Limping Chicken Some of you will have seen a casting advert looking for a Deaf actor for a new short film which […]
Thu, Jun 20 2019

Martine Monksfield: Deaf teachers of the Deaf support...
The Limping Chicken Our group, d/Deaf Teachers of the Deaf (DToD) was initially set up in 2013 by myself, Martine Monksfield and Dani […]
Wed, Jun 19 2019

Reg Cobb: Presenting a radio show… in sign language!
The Limping Chicken Being on the radio is something completely alien to deaf people and many hard of hearing people and when I […]
Tue, Jun 18 2019

Sunil Suri: What it’s like to be moderately deaf
The Limping Chicken It was recently Deaf Awareness Week in the UK so I thought I’d write about my experiences of being deaf, […]
Mon, Jun 17 2019

Deaf community cheers on Deaf men walking for Deaf mental...
The Limping Chicken Two Deaf men have captured the imagination of the Deaf community by setting out on a walk from John O’Groats […]
Fri, Jun 14 2019

Watch: See Hear’s episode on saving the environment
The Limping Chicken On BBC iPlayer, you can now watch See Hear’s episode on saving the environment. The episode features an interview with […]
Fri, Jun 14 2019

Shahab Reza: What it was like to be deaf and in prison
The Limping Chicken Shahab Reza was in prison from July 2014 to April 2018. Can I first set the scene as to what […]
Thu, Jun 13 2019

Deaf News: Lancashire Deaf Service goes into administration
The Limping Chicken Just weeks after it was announced that Walsall Deaf Centre will close, it has now been revealed that Lancashire Deaf […]
Wed, Jun 12 2019

Daniel Kostick: Sign my petition for a BSL Act in England
The Limping Chicken Sign Daniel’s petition here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/258079 On 14th May 2019 I created a petition to put in law what already exists […]
Wed, Jun 12 2019

Research shows 46% of Deaf students start university...
The Limping Chicken New report reveals 46% of deaf students who need support at university were still waiting for it when their course […]
Tue, Jun 11 2019

Billy Read: tips for d/Deaf people travelling abroad
The Limping Chicken Travelling is a great way for d/Deaf people to develop their confidence, make new friends and learn about the world. […]
Tue, Jun 11 2019

Emma Colton: 7 things that might surprise you about the...
The Limping Chicken Seven things that I have learnt about deaf people and the deaf world that may surprise you: (MOST) DEAF PEOPLE […]
Mon, Jun 10 2019

Carly Sygrove: Living with Single-Sided Deafness
The Limping Chicken I lost the hearing in my left ear through sudden hearing loss in August 2016. There wasn’t a known cause […]
Fri, Jun 07 2019

Survey: Tell us what you think of Limping Chicken!
The Limping Chicken In the seven years since I started this site, we’ve posted over 3500 blogs, and clocked up over 6 million […]
Thu, Jun 06 2019

Deaf News: Nine out of ten NHS commissioners don’t hold...
The Limping Chicken Around 95% of NHS Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) in England do not have the “basic minimum pieces of information” needed […]
Thu, Jun 06 2019

Interview with artistic director Paula Garfield on...
The Limping Chicken Hi Paula! So, how did the idea for Dreadful Deaf come about? So, the idea for our brand new production […]
Wed, Jun 05 2019

Paul Redfern: It’s time to protect Deaf children from...
The Limping Chicken Paul Redfern is a Deaf facilitator at the Truth Project, part of the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse I […]
Tue, Jun 04 2019

Deaf News: Deaf people invited to share experiences of...
The Limping Chicken The Truth Project is launching a new service to enable Deaf people who were sexually abused as children to share […]
Tue, Jun 04 2019

Liam O’Dell: We should all support the Turn On The...
The Limping Chicken We’ve all seen the sign language interpreters at the bottom of our TV screens. For me – and, I assume, […]
Fri, May 31 2019

Rebecca-Anne Withey: Tips for beginning a meditation...
The Limping Chicken Earlier this month it was National Meditation Day. Meditation is simply the act of practising focused awareness, whether it’s by […]
Thu, May 30 2019

Tyron Woolfe: What’s #motherfatherwell all about? Read...
The Limping Chicken MotherFatherWell? What is #motherfatherwell? There’s even a hashtag on it(!) Watch Tyron signing his article below, or scroll down to […]
Wed, May 29 2019

Lynne Farley: Parenting When You Can’t Hear ****
The Limping Chicken When you first leave the hospital as a new parent, it is a surreal experience. A tiny scrap of life […]
Tue, May 28 2019

Joy Darby: Children’s books teaching deaf awareness...
The Limping Chicken Books are a great way of educating young children and books about deafness can break through barriers, setting up a […]
Mon, May 27 2019

Deaf News: Walsall Deaf People’s Centre to close
The Limping Chicken In a huge blow for the Deaf community in the West Midlands, it has been announced that Walsall Deaf People’s […]
Fri, May 24 2019

Jenny Koehring: day in the life of a sign language...
The Limping Chicken The difficulty with describing a typical day of a BSL interpreter is that there isn’t one. ‘Typical’ or ‘normal’ are […]
Wed, May 22 2019

Deaf News: To Know Him and Deaf Funny among winners at...
The Limping Chicken The Deaffest festival took place in Wolverhampton at the weekend, with To Know Him by director Ted Evans the big winner […]
Mon, May 20 2019

Juliet England: Back at an office desk again – with a...
The Limping Chicken It had been more than a decade since Juliet England had last darkened the doors of an official workplace. How […]
Mon, May 20 2019

Liam O’Dell: The deaf mental health crisis cannot be...
The Limping Chicken When I think about deaf mental health this Mental Health Awareness Week, I cast my mind back to last year, […]
Fri, May 17 2019

Rebecca-Anne Withey: You know you’re a deaf parent when…
The Limping Chicken As any parent knows, raising mini humans is a challenge to say the least. These little people bring out the […]
Fri, May 17 2019

Jane Atkinson: A Deaf parent-to-be’s experience with the...
The Limping Chicken I am a profoundly deaf BSL user and I can lip read. My communication preference is my first language of […]
Thu, May 16 2019

Tyron Woolfe: My memories of acting in BBC drama The Count...
The Limping Chicken I remember being called to the Head’s office at Burwood Park School for the Deaf.  I was 13 years old […]
Wed, May 15 2019

Read: Culture clash and communicative labour by Ben...
The Limping Chicken Ben Fletcher, who is the Principal Engineer at the Financial Times, has written an insightful article for Medium, about the […]
Tue, May 14 2019

Matthew James: Why everyone should try being a sailor (and...
The Limping Chicken Think arran kit jumpers in the 60’s, and tinkering about on a yacht in a boatyard that is out of […]
Tue, May 14 2019

Teresa Garratty: How people respond to my new deaf tattoos
The Limping Chicken At the beginning of the year, I had zero tattoos. I now have four and yes, I got them all […]
Mon, May 13 2019

Elisa Nuevo Vallin: Why I’m going to teach my baby sign...
The Limping Chicken Hello everyone! As many of you already know, I’m pregnant and it’s less than a week to go to my […]
Fri, May 10 2019

Carole Smart: Why I love my job as a Teacher of the Deaf
The Limping Chicken When I first met my husband he used to say “if he cut me open I would bleed teacher”. In […]
Thu, May 09 2019

Liam O’Dell: It’s time to tell our stories as role...
The Limping Chicken I will always remember what happened after my audiologist suggested I may benefit from hearing aids. There came the natural […]
Wed, May 08 2019

Deafie Blogger: Communication tips for Deaf Awareness Week!
The Limping Chicken This week it’s Deaf Awareness Week! For the deaf community, every day feels like a deaf awareness day. Communication is […]
Tue, May 07 2019

Deaf News: Less than 1 in 10 Britons know more than two...
The Limping Chicken Less than 10% people in the UK know more than two words in British Sign Language (BSL), a new study […]
Fri, May 03 2019

Teresa Garratty: What I should have said to my audiologist
The Limping Chicken I’m typing this one from a busy cafe in Stratford right now. My brain is currently trying to adjust to […]
Thu, May 02 2019

Deaf News: First free BSL business directory launched by...
The Limping Chicken SignVideo has launched the UK’s first Deaf British Sign Language (BSL) Business Directory on their app, with a key difference. […]
Wed, May 01 2019

Deafie Blogger: How blogging helped me find my deaf identity
The Limping Chicken I cast my mind back to my teenage years, studying for my GCSEs amongst hearing peers, a time where I […]
Wed, May 01 2019

Rebecca-Anne Withey: The Jungle Book at Derby Theatre (and...
The Limping Chicken I wonder how many Limping Chicken readers have been to see live shows during the Easter holidays? Were they accessible? […]
Tue, Apr 30 2019

Rose Condo: Why I’ve arranged live captioning for my...
The Limping Chicken I am a Canadian spoken word poet currently living in Salford, UK.  I have won poetry slams, have performed all […]
Mon, Apr 29 2019

Lynne Farley: This is me, caught between the hearing and...
The Limping Chicken Last week my (hearing) 6 year old daughter signed the song ‘This is me’ from The Greatest Showman. Perfectly. I […]
Fri, Apr 26 2019

Tyron Woolfe: Is it harder to get information to the Deaf...
The Limping Chicken In this blog I am wanting to share my thoughts about the challenge in reaching Deaf people with a message […]
Thu, Apr 25 2019

Deaf4Deaf: Donate to the Daniel MJ Webster Deaf Mental...
The Limping Chicken Donate to the fund by clicking here. In April this year, Daniel MJ Webster, a young popular Deaf man, ended […]
Wed, Apr 24 2019