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Deaf News: Report reveals mounting problems in children’s...
The Limping Chicken Survey of almost 1,000 parents shows one in every five deaf children have audiology appointments cancelled or delayed. Almost one […]
Mon, Oct 15 2018 · 7 hours ago

Stephanie Back: What it’s like acting on stage in 2023 in...
The Limping Chicken 2023 runs until 13th of October at Chapter Arts Centre. Every show is captioned and there is also a BSL […]
Thu, Oct 11 2018

Deaf News: Half of deaf people have been mocked by...
The Limping Chicken Just over 50% of people with deafness or a form of hearing loss have been mocked or teased in the […]
Thu, Oct 11 2018

Watch: Cowboy Interpreter sketches from Deaf Funny
The Limping Chicken Two new sketches from episode four of Deaf Funny have now been released, aiming for humour with a serious point. […]
Wed, Oct 10 2018

Matt Kirby: I’d like a real interpreter in hospital, not...
The Limping Chicken I have logged complaint to the hospital about my son’s ears infection last week. We went to the hospital at […]
Wed, Oct 10 2018

Deafie Blogger: #SubtitledCinema Campaign aims for more...
The Limping Chicken I’m extremely passionate about campaigning for more open subtitled cinema showings as I’d like for myself and the D/deaf community […]
Tue, Oct 09 2018

The Secret Deafie: Why do audiology services still fail...
The Limping Chicken We’ve all seen so many pieces on the Limping Chicken about the front line failings of Audiology services (patients having […]
Mon, Oct 08 2018

Teresa Garratty: Go and see Knock Knock by Hot Coals Theatre
The Limping Chicken We have finally reached autumn, I think…it’s hard to say. The weather’s all weird these days but I had to […]
Fri, Oct 05 2018

Liam O’Dell: National Theatre launches subtitles glasses...
The Limping Chicken Deaf theatregoers will be able to use smart glasses to access live subtitles at National Theatre performances, thanks to new […]
Thu, Oct 04 2018

Ami Kal: My non-visual struggles
The Limping Chicken Having multiple medical conditions has been a struggle for many years. Having to live with invisible disabilities has proven to […]
Wed, Oct 03 2018

Watch: BSL Police sketch from Deaf Funny!
The Limping Chicken Another sketch has been released from the new episodes of Deaf Funny, this time from episode 4, which was broadcast yesterday […]
Tue, Oct 02 2018

Juliet England: FIFA, a TV star and human rights activists...
The Limping Chicken Sunday 23rd September was the International Day of Sign Languages, the first such event of its kind, kicking off International […]
Tue, Oct 02 2018

Watch: ‘Deaf Class’ sketch from Deaf Funny!
The Limping Chicken Another sketch from episode 3 of Deaf Funny has been released by BSL Zone on Facebook, gaining nearly 40,000 views […]
Fri, Sep 28 2018

Ted Evans: How I cast RTS-nominated Jemma Joyce in ‘To...
The Limping Chicken To find out how to apply to act in Ted’s new feature film, click here. Earlier this year, BSL Zone […]
Fri, Sep 28 2018

Liam O’Dell: This International Week of the Deaf, we must...
The Limping Chicken Over the past couple of weeks we have seen the Government’s attention being drawn to a whole range of deaf […]
Thu, Sep 27 2018

Hasna Ghafoor: Why I spent a month volunteering in Kenya
The Limping Chicken Hi I’m Hasna, I’m 18 years old and hard of hearing. I was diagnosed with a bilateral sensorineural moderate hearing […]
Wed, Sep 26 2018

Amanda Everitt: What it’s like being asked of my son:...
The Limping Chicken While driving through the French countryside, we stopped by the side of the road to buy some watercress. The rickety […]
Tue, Sep 25 2018

Watch: ‘Hearing Awareness’ sketch from the new episode...
The Limping Chicken A new episode of Deaf Funny has been released today, and its sketch about a Hearing Awareness Class has already […]
Mon, Sep 24 2018

Tyron Woolfe: A note to my Peruvian guides, from a Deaf...
The Limping Chicken Tyron Woolfe is currently travelling the Americas, writing a blog about the people he meets on the way. This could […]
Thu, Sep 20 2018

Watch: Three documentaries about Deaf sport on the BSL Zone
The Limping Chicken The British Sign Language Broadcasting Trust (BSLBT), which commissions TV programmes made in BSL by Deaf people, has just launched […]
Wed, Sep 19 2018

Teresa Garratty: Sometimes it’s easier to talk to kids...
The Limping Chicken Kids! You’ve gotta love ’em. Except of course, when you don’t because they are the absolute worst. Which is all […]
Wed, Sep 19 2018

Mother explains why deaf son hasn’t been to school for...
The Limping Chicken Jenny Lindop-Lamens talks to Juliet England about why her deaf son Jenson hasn’t been to school for nine months. Essential […]
Tue, Sep 18 2018

Cuts to deaf children’s services debated by MPs in...
The Limping Chicken A shortage of Teachers of the Deaf and local authority cuts were discussed by MPs during a Parliamentary debate on […]
Mon, Sep 17 2018

Deaf News: Find out the shortlist for the 10th Signature...
The Limping Chicken With over 200 nominations received, the tenth anniversary of the Signature Annual Awards has now released its shortlists. The shortlisted […]
Thu, Sep 13 2018

DCAL: New progress in sign-to-text technology (BSL)
The Limping Chicken How many times have we read about amazing technology that provides automatic translation from English into sign language or automatic […]
Thu, Sep 13 2018

Nyle DiMarco criticises Netflix for scene where character...
The Limping Chicken Deaf model and activist Nyle DiMarco has criticised Netflix for the portrayal of a character pretending to be deaf in […]
Wed, Sep 12 2018

Opportunity: Could you act in a feature film? Apply for Ted...
The Limping Chicken Escape Films and 104 Films are now casting for the upcoming feature film RETREAT, which is backed by the BFI, […]
Tue, Sep 11 2018

Meet: Jessica Kellgren-Fozard, a deaf YouTube presenter
The Limping Chicken Interview by Rebecca-Anne Withey I’m not sure when exactly Jessica Kellgren-Fozard first popped up on my Twitter newsfeed, but it’s […]
Mon, Sep 10 2018

Ahmed Khalifa: Subtitles please – comic book characters...
The Limping Chicken Ever since I was a child, I have been defiant and keep insisting that I should go to the cinema […]
Fri, Sep 07 2018

Juliet England: Proms with a hearing loss
The Limping Chicken Ah, the Proms. The great British music festival that’s been going since 1895, and that’s looked on with envy around […]
Thu, Sep 06 2018

Watch: BSL video from the Grenfell Tower Community...
The Limping Chicken A BSL video has been released by the Grenfell Tower Community Monitoring Project, informing Deaf BSL users from the area […]
Wed, Sep 05 2018

Deafblind signers gain access to VRS service in BSL in...
The Limping Chicken ContactSCOTLAND-BSL, Scotland’s nationally funded online British Sign Language/English interpreting video relay service (VRS), delivered by Sign Language Interactions on behalf […]
Tue, Sep 04 2018

Rebecca-Anne Withey: When did others decide they know...
The Limping Chicken It’s a funny old world we live in. Just when I think everything is going smoothly – Access to Work […]
Mon, Sep 03 2018

Deaf children’s services to be debated by MPs in...
The Limping Chicken MPs are set to discuss deaf children’s services in Parliament in two weeks time, after a Labour politician successfully secured […]
Fri, Aug 31 2018

Juliet England: The testing hearing test
The Limping Chicken I arrive at the hospital early. Someone after whom I am hankering ridiculously, against hope, reason and expectation, works here, […]
Wed, Aug 29 2018

Ai-Media: 7 Things Deaf People Want You To Know
The Limping Chicken This was originally posted on Ai-Media’s site here, and is shared by kind permission. Deaf and hard-of-hearing people often experience […]
Fri, Aug 24 2018

Juliet England: Treading the boards with a hearing loss:...
The Limping Chicken A few Saturday evenings ago, I walked offstage for the final time at Reading’s twelfth century abbey as Progress Theatre’s […]
Thu, Aug 23 2018

Carly Sygrove: My ever-present tinnitus
The Limping Chicken Have you ever had a song stuck in your head? – An unwanted ear-worm that keeps playing over and over? […]
Wed, Aug 22 2018

Mark Levin: What it’s like to be Deaf in an industry...
The Limping Chicken There’s one question I frequently ask myself before I head off to a gig, and rarely will I actually admit […]
Tue, Aug 21 2018

Watch: Care to Co-operate’s BSL videos about helping...
The Limping Chicken Care to Co-operate is a Welsh Government funded project of the Wales Co-operative Centre. The purpose of our project is […]
Mon, Aug 20 2018

Teresa Garratty: As we communicate more through text, words...
The Limping Chicken Writing can be hard. That’s especially true for some people whose first language is a sign language and to be […]
Fri, Aug 17 2018

Juliet England: Starbucks opens first signing coffee shop
The Limping Chicken Anyone who has a hearing loss has struggled at some point in a busy café, unable to catch the barista’s […]
Thu, Aug 16 2018

Watch: Film about coercion/domestic abuse for...
The Limping Chicken Watch the film on Facebook, in BSL with subtitles, by clicking here. Find out more about DeafHope here. Are you […]
Wed, Aug 15 2018

Liam O’Dell: Other social media sites should follow...
The Limping Chicken Just over a month ago, Facebook-owned Instagram announced that it was to launch its own feature for sharing longer video […]
Wed, Aug 15 2018

Deaf News: NorthLink Ferries introduces new sign language...
The Limping Chicken NorthLink Ferries has teamed up with a sign language interpreting agency to improve access and user experience for its deaf […]
Tue, Aug 14 2018

Deaf photographer shortlisted for top UK award
The Limping Chicken Stephen Iliffe has been shortlisted for Britain’s most prestigious photography award. Stephen’s emotionally-charged portraits of a six-year old deaf child […]
Mon, Aug 13 2018

Juliet England: New research into hearing aid users could...
The Limping Chicken In common with most hearing aid users, I’ve invariably had my hearing assessed using the standard ‘bleep’ test in which […]
Fri, Aug 10 2018

Deaf4Deaf: Fill in our survey about Deaf people’s...
The Limping Chicken Deaf4Deaf is a national counselling service that uses deaf or hearing counsellors who use pure BSL. Deaf4Deaf work with almost […]
Thu, Aug 09 2018

Liam O’Dell: Eight years on, the Equality Act 2010 is...
The Limping Chicken If you want to know whether deaf people and other minority groups in the UK are still facing discrimination in […]
Wed, Aug 08 2018

Deaf News: Deaf girl protests outside cinema for more...
The Limping Chicken Sign our petition calling for multiplex cinemas to dedicate one screen to subtitled films, which has 26,000 signatures, here. In […]
Tue, Aug 07 2018