Deaf News: Three in four mask wearers don’t know how to...
The Limping Chicken Only a quarter of UK adults know how to communicate with deaf people whilst wearing a face mask, a YouGov […]
Fri, Nov 20 2020

Juliet England: Why does sorry seem to be the hardest word?
The Limping Chicken The friend turned to me, sighed and said, quite casually. “I know you can’t help it.” That crash you may […]
Tue, Nov 17 2020

Petition: To keep Deaf Base open at Townfield Primary...
The Limping Chicken A petition to keep a Deaf Base which has operated for decades at Townfield Primary School in the Wirral, Merseyside, […]
Mon, Nov 16 2020

Deaf News: BBC News to expand clear masks for reporters...
The Limping Chicken BBC News will now be looking to roll out clear masks to more journalists for use when working after an […]
Tue, Nov 10 2020

Colin Thomson: Poem: “Coronavirus Blues”
The Limping Chicken Well, we had our first lockdown way back then in March, Queuing outside the shops and having to wear a […]
Tue, Nov 10 2020

Deaf News: Subtitled events double as Captioning Awareness...
The Limping Chicken The captioning charity Stagetext has reported a 110% increase in live subtitled events from April to October this year, as […]
Mon, Nov 09 2020

Trudi Collier: What is deaf heritage?
The Limping Chicken I started working part-time for Solar Bear in April 2020 as the Project Co-ordinator for the ‘Solar Flares: Deaf Heritage […]
Thu, Nov 05 2020

Spotlight criticised for option to decline submissions from...
The Limping Chicken Spotlight, an online platform which allows individuals to list casting opportunities for actors and performers, has faced a backlash online […]
Mon, Nov 02 2020

Juliet England: My deafie diary part 15 – life in lockdown
The Limping Chicken The date for my cochlear implant operation has come through. More accurately, it’s the second date. I had two immediate […]
Mon, Nov 02 2020

Evie Cryer: How coronavirus helped me find my deaf identity
The Limping Chicken I have been a primary school teacher for 14 years and I absolutely love my job. I have wanted to […]
Fri, Oct 30 2020

Deaf News: Ofcom delays plans for 999 BSL video relay...
The Limping Chicken Proposals for a video relay service for British Sign Language signers to contact emergency services have been delayed, it has […]
Wed, Oct 28 2020

#Sammyscampaign: Deaf women should have equal access to...
The Limping Chicken Sign Sammy’s petition here. Two women from St Andrew’s Healthcare in Northampton are on a mission to try and get […]
Tue, Oct 27 2020

Short films by Deaf artists to premiere as part of online...
The Limping Chicken Exploring themes of freedom, resistance, transformation and care, theatre company Ad Infinitum have created their first mini-festival featuring the premieres […]
Fri, Oct 23 2020

Kirsteen Allison: The good (or bad?) side of lip reading
The Limping Chicken When I was younger, I used to get men kissing me a lot. You may think that’s normal student behaviour. […]
Thu, Oct 22 2020

Tim Reedy: Life as a deaf professional artist and my new...
The Limping Chicken I am a profoundly deaf professional artist and I have worked on various commissions such as books and trade journals. […]
Wed, Oct 21 2020

Juliet England: Is it still OK to call someone ‘hearing...
The Limping Chicken I’ll be honest. I’ve never given ‘hearing impaired’ as a term much thought before. It was OK to use it, […]
Wed, Oct 21 2020

Deaf News: NDCS says one in four deaf children’s teachers...
The Limping Chicken One in four deaf children across the UK could struggle at school because their teachers are wearing face masks or […]
Tue, Oct 20 2020

Tim Reedy: Life as a deaf professional artist and my new...
The Limping Chicken I am a profoundly deaf professional artist and I have worked on various commissions such as books and trade journals. […]
Tue, Oct 20 2020

Juliet England: Is it still OK to call someone ‘hearing...
The Limping Chicken I’ll be honest. I’ve never given ‘hearing impaired’ as a term much thought before. It was OK to use it, […]
Mon, Oct 19 2020

Deaf News: Pressure mounts on Government and Labour as...
The Limping Chicken Calls for UK political leaders to make their coronavirus statements accessible to the Deaf community have ramped up this week, […]
Fri, Oct 16 2020

Jenny Hersh: My hearing test experience during Covid-19
The Limping Chicken I’m partially deaf. At the start of 2020, I started struggling more with the hearing in my “good ear”. I […]
Thu, Oct 15 2020

Kirsteen Allison: Stop assuming deaf and disabled people...
The Limping Chicken There is no such thing as a register of disabled people. To ask someone if they are registered is discriminatory. […]
Wed, Oct 14 2020

Deaf Rave Virtual International Festival 2020: The first of...
The Limping Chicken Back in September, Deaf Rave hosted their first ever virtual festival with performances by deaf artists from across the world. […]
Tue, Oct 13 2020

Deaf News: Action on Hearing Loss confirms change back to...
The Limping Chicken Action on Hearing Loss is to revert back to its former name of the Royal National Institute for Deaf people […]
Mon, Oct 12 2020

Exclusive: RNID to return? Name change to Action on Hearing...
The Limping Chicken Rumours are spreading that, nine years after changing its name, the deaf charity Action on Hearing Loss may be about […]
Fri, Oct 09 2020

Deaf News: A third of deaf people say pandemic has affected...
The Limping Chicken Around 35% of deaf people have said that the coronavirus crisis has had a “major negative impact” on their mental […]
Fri, Oct 09 2020

Juliet England: My deafie diary part 14 – life in lockdown
The Limping Chicken The staff member at Pret finally rebels by pulling down her face mask to complain. “I can’t hear anything, either!” […]
Thu, Oct 08 2020

Deaf News: YouTube confirms removal of community captions...
The Limping Chicken Community captions, which allowed viewers to submit subtitles and translations to a YouTube channel, will be scrapped as planned at […]
Mon, Oct 05 2020

Rebecca A Withey: How living in a masked world has led to a...
The Limping Chicken With the way the world is right now it seems my confidence in social situations and being out and about […]
Mon, Oct 05 2020

Sannah Gulamani: Remote Working: the impact on deaf people...
The Limping Chicken The coronavirus pandemic has sparked a global move to working online from home.  For some, this meant having to juggle […]
Fri, Oct 02 2020

Lisa Kelly: My film-poem in response to telephony from a...
The Limping Chicken During Lockdown, a creative project I was especially pleased to work on was a film-poem in response to telephony from […]
Thu, Oct 01 2020

Lorraine Walsh: Returning to my childhood school as a...
The Limping Chicken I was born profoundly deaf and grew up on the edge of Dartmoor. Just before I was one, I was […]
Wed, Sep 30 2020

David Buxton: How deaf organisations are working towards a...
The Limping Chicken Recently, Aaron Makepeace wrote an article for the Limping Chicken (24th September 2020) saying the issue of ‘BSL recognition’ needs […]
Tue, Sep 29 2020

Gogglebox star launches new TV competition for children...
The Limping Chicken Baasit Siddiqui has been on our television screens for over 5 years now, as a valued part of the award […]
Tue, Sep 29 2020

Emily Howlett: The Cochlear Implant trade-off is personal
The Limping Chicken Not all deaf adults started out life as a deaf child. In fact, most of them don’t. I did.  As […]
Mon, Sep 28 2020

Nicky Evans: Why we are crowdfunding for a new interpreting...
The Limping Chicken To support the Crowdfunder, click here: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/signalisecoop What is the Signalise Cooperative? Signalise is a new cooperative which is being […]
Thu, Sep 24 2020

Aaron Makepeace: The issue of ‘BSL recognition’ needs...
The Limping Chicken There is a story I am sure you have all become aware of in regards to the official Government recognition […]
Thu, Sep 24 2020

Juliet England: My cochlear implant diary Part 2
The Limping Chicken The second part of Juliet’s journey towards having a cochlear implant It is halfway through the night (OK, OK, maybe […]
Wed, Sep 23 2020

Revealed: BBC News Channel to only offer BSL interpretation...
The Limping Chicken The BBC News Channel will only provide a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter for coronavirus press conferences from the Prime […]
Tue, Sep 22 2020

Deaf News: Where Is The Interpreter campaign launches Deaf...
The Limping Chicken Deaf presenter Lynn Stewart-Taylor is to walk from Cardiff to London next month, to raise funds for the Where Is […]
Mon, Sep 21 2020

Deaf News: Broadcast date confirmed for deaf radio drama...
The Limping Chicken New radio drama Beethoven Can Hear You will be broadcast on Sunday, with a transcript available for deaf people, BBC Radio […]
Fri, Sep 18 2020

Juliet England: My deafie diary part 13 – life in lockdown
The Limping Chicken Continuing Juliet’s experiences of daily life with a hearing loss – as virus restrictions continue I was going to start […]
Fri, Sep 18 2020

Deafscope: Our Active Life = Healthy Minds fundraising...
The Limping Chicken Hello! We at Deafscope are excited to announce that we have taken up an Active Life = Healthy Minds challenge- […]
Thu, Sep 17 2020

Liam O’Dell: Approach the UK Government’s clear mask...
The Limping Chicken Let’s take a step back – perhaps at the recommended two metres – and take another look at the news […]
Wed, Sep 16 2020

Support Nepalese Deaf student Aayush Gurung’s university...
The Limping Chicken To support Aayush, click here. Hello, I am Aayush Gurung. I am profoundly Deaf and Nepalese. I rely on Sign […]
Tue, Sep 15 2020

Deaf Academy’s pupils return to brand new £10.5m building
The Limping Chicken The UK’s newest educational establishment for Deaf young people opened its doors to students on the Thursday 3rd September. Based […]
Mon, Sep 14 2020

Julie Gennery: Why I’m creating a plan of action for Deaf...
The Limping Chicken For many of us, there comes a time in our lives when our loved ones become elderly, ill or disabled […]
Mon, Sep 14 2020

Melanie Jayne Ashford: My fear of losing more of my hearing
The Limping Chicken I was diagnosed with moderate hearing loss at 26, which is terrifying by anybody’s standards. Now, at 30, I’m recovering […]
Fri, Sep 11 2020

Hilary McColl: Why I wrote two booklets on using hearing...
The Limping Chicken I’ve worn hearing aids for around forty years but not made much use of hearing loops because so many don’t […]
Thu, Sep 10 2020

Deaf News: Work resumes on British Sign Language GCSE
The Limping Chicken Progress on developing a GCSE qualification in British Sign Language has now recommenced, the UK Government has confirmed. The announcement […]
Wed, Sep 09 2020