The Limping Chicken

Leah Michaelides: Plant-based Christmas food ideas!
The Limping Chicken Hello people! Welcome to my first food blog! I set up a Facebook page in 2015 called Deaf & Nutrition […]
Fri, Dec 07 2018

Liam O’Dell: An audist approach to rail journey...
The Limping Chicken In a time where there’s an announced increase in rail fares and a push for more inclusive transport for disabled […]
Thu, Dec 06 2018

Sara Kendall: Cinemas should do more to bring in deaf...
The Limping Chicken As Deaf individuals, we all have our barriers to break through, especially as a minority in society but at end […]
Wed, Dec 05 2018

Watch: Advert for StorySign, new sign language app for...
The Limping Chicken A new advert has been released for an app that gives Deaf children access to books through sign language. The […]
Tue, Dec 04 2018

Elizabeth Ward: Writing my first book, Fragments: Essays...
The Limping Chicken This October, I published my first book, Fragments, a collection of autobiographical and philosophical essays about identity, life and thought. […]
Tue, Dec 04 2018

Juliet England: Comedy gigs are no laughing matter for deaf...
The Limping Chicken Ah, Friday night. Surely the finest evening of the week. I have free tickets for a comedy and curry gig, […]
Mon, Dec 03 2018

Liam O‘Dell: An over-reliance on technology is harming...
The Limping Chicken At the best of times, technology can provide essential access for deaf people. But at the worst of times, it […]
Fri, Nov 30 2018

The Secret Deafie: Access to Work must take some...
The Limping Chicken The Secret Deafie is a regular column about deaf experiences submitted anonymously by different contributors. You must be thinking: ’Oh no, […]
Thu, Nov 29 2018

A new school for Jenson: mum wins school place for deaf son...
The Limping Chicken In September, we reported on the case of Jenson Lindop-Lamens, now eight, whose mother told us he hadn’t been at […]
Wed, Nov 28 2018

Crowdfunding campaign launched to support legal case over...
The Limping Chicken Support this campaign by clicking here. Three Deaf women have launched a CrowdJustice page to raise funds to create a Legal Defence […]
Tue, Nov 27 2018

Amanda Casson-Webb: I had to interpret for my deaf mother...
The Limping Chicken I’ve (fortunately) only been in an ambulance once – thirty seven years ago, when I had to interpret for my […]
Tue, Nov 27 2018

London’s City Lit college toasts centenary with...
The Limping Chicken By Juliet England. It’s not every day you enjoy a champagne afternoon tea at the Houses of Parliament as dusk […]
Mon, Nov 26 2018

Interview with Charlotte Arrowsmith, first Deaf BSL actor...
The Limping Chicken By Rebecca-Anne Withey. For most actors, working in a Shakespeare play is most definitely on their bucket list. Yet for […]
Fri, Nov 23 2018

Tyron Woolfe: The Venezuelan deaf guy living in Buenos Aires
The Limping Chicken Tyron Woolfe is currently travelling the Americas, writing a blog about the people he meets on the way. Starly has […]
Thu, Nov 22 2018

Poll shows 9 in 10 parents of deaf children fear for their...
The Limping Chicken 94% of parents are worried about the future of their deaf child’s education Poll of over 1,000 parents shows 82% […]
Thu, Nov 22 2018

Charlie Swinbourne: Subtitled cinema screenings would...
The Limping Chicken Please sign Limping Chicken’s petition for multiplex cinemas to dedicate a screen to subtitles here, and sign Deafie Blogger’s petition […]
Wed, Nov 21 2018

Liam O’Dell: Exploring my relationship with silence
The Limping Chicken It’s either 2015 or 2016 – I can’t remember – but I’m lying down on a sofa in my student […]
Tue, Nov 20 2018

Deaf artist Alex Orlov showcases work in Birmingham City...
The Limping Chicken Artist Alex Orlov, who has been deaf since birth, is exhibiting five of his paintings at the Community Hub on […]
Mon, Nov 19 2018

Will Lewis: How hearing people react to my deafness
The Limping Chicken I’m the ‘oral’ deaf guy in the Deaf class sketch from Deaf Funny, and I’m thrilled at the reaction it […]
Fri, Nov 16 2018

Zoe McWhinney: Review of the touring play Summit (on in...
The Limping Chicken Summit is on until 16th November, in Stokesley tonight, Saltburn by the Sea tomorrow and Redcar on Friday. See dates […]
Wed, Nov 14 2018

Lindsay Foster: All the winners at the 10th annual...
The Limping Chicken You can watch a BSL translation of the winners at the awards by clicking here. On Friday 9th November, we […]
Wed, Nov 14 2018

Sarah Shields & Lesley Reeves Costi: Who is championing...
The Limping Chicken Sarah Shields and Lesley Reeves Costi are both qualified teachers of the Deaf and have been teaching at a Deaf […]
Wed, Nov 14 2018

Teresa Garratty: Join me at the Sign Connect launch party...
The Limping Chicken Winter is here. The season where people develop brief emotional attachments because there’s nothing to do and its cold outside. […]
Tue, Nov 13 2018

Liam O’Dell: It’s time to push for more captioned...
The Limping Chicken The entertainment industry is waking up to the importance of captions. This Captioning Awareness Week, it’s time for deaf people […]
Mon, Nov 12 2018

Anastasia Aston: How the Deaf community helped heal my...
The Limping Chicken I moved across three different countries during my childhood, went to their local schools and learned their languages from scratch. […]
Fri, Nov 09 2018

Worldwide Deaf community mourns Bernard Bragg, the...
The Limping Chicken Over the last week, the Deaf community worldwide has been paying tributes to Bernard Bragg, the American Deaf actor, poet, writer, […]
Thu, Nov 08 2018

Class act: Deaf BSL instructor scoops national gold teacher...
The Limping Chicken A profoundly deaf teacher of English and BSL was among a dozen ‘inspirational’ educators from across England and Northern Ireland […]
Wed, Nov 07 2018

Deaf News: Teacher’s social media post about Deaf kids...
The Limping Chicken A Teacher of the Deaf’s post on social media about the Deaf children in her class not realising that farts […]
Tue, Nov 06 2018

Rikki Poynter: Businesses should be more respectful and...
The Limping Chicken In late August, I flew to New Jersey to see someone for their birthday. I booked us a nice hotel […]
Tue, Nov 06 2018

Deaf News: New world record set for Largest Tactile Signing...
The Limping Chicken Nearly 400 people have helped to achieve a new Guinness World Record for the ‘Largest Tactile Signing Lesson’, in an […]
Mon, Nov 05 2018

Frankie Talbot: Update on my research into fire alarms for...
The Limping Chicken In February this year I wrote my first article for the Limping Chicken, about the lack of accessible fire alarms […]
Fri, Nov 02 2018

Rebecca-Anne Withey: We shouldn’t always blame speech...
The Limping Chicken When my then two year old deaf daughter was attending playgroups, so many people noted how fluently she signed. “It’s […]
Thu, Nov 01 2018

Thomas Irish: Why Deaf people should go into research
The Limping Chicken I was having a conversation with my Dad about deaf people entering research and thought I made a few good […]
Wed, Oct 31 2018

Juliet England: First ‘signing Starbucks’ now open in...
The Limping Chicken Coffee shops and similar places often throw up considerable barriers to communication for deaf customers. Now coffee chain giant Starbucks […]
Tue, Oct 30 2018

Deaf homeless man turns car park space in Cornwall into...
The Limping Chicken The BBC has reported on the story of a deaf homeless man who has turned a car park space in […]
Mon, Oct 29 2018

M.G. Hardie-Davis: What Charles Dickens can teach us about...
The Limping Chicken In 1868 Charles Dickens published a little-known novelette entitled ‘Dr Marigold’ where the education of a deaf beggar girl exceeded […]
Fri, Oct 26 2018

Juliet England: A tale of two complaints
The Limping Chicken We all know that customer service for us those of us with fabric ears is far from everything it should […]
Thu, Oct 25 2018

Deaf News: Volunteers needed for new Youth Club in Doncaster
The Limping Chicken Young people in Doncaster are set to benefit from a new Youth Club at Doncaster Deaf Trust thanks to a […]
Wed, Oct 24 2018

Poem: Kaitlin Smith’s ‘Deaf in the Summer’
The Limping Chicken Deaf in the Summer Noise fizzles, waits for a catching moment, then—silence. I slide my hearing aids down into my […]
Tue, Oct 23 2018

Watch: Deaf dance troupe seek to change perceptions (via...
The Limping Chicken The BBC has released a video featuring ‘House of Krip’, a Deaf dance troupe who have ‘adapted the rhythms to […]
Mon, Oct 22 2018

Liam O’Dell: Why you should go and visit ‘Tonotopia’...
The Limping Chicken I’m not normally the biggest fan of museums. History and art weren’t really strong subjects for me at school, and […]
Fri, Oct 19 2018

Joe Jacobs: How I discovered sign language illustrator...
The Limping Chicken It is a year since my first sign language book, How to Sign Animals with Terry the Monkey, appeared in paperback. […]
Thu, Oct 18 2018

Valli Gideons: Things I want people to know about my deaf...
The Limping Chicken If you speak in a quiet voice, they can not hear you. When they are in a place with background noise, […]
Wed, Oct 17 2018

Meet the hearing comic who performs in BSL and spoken...
The Limping Chicken Ray Bradshaw may be the first comic to perform his gigs in oral English and British Sign Language at the […]
Tue, Oct 16 2018

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

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