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Browsing All Posts published on »August, 2012«
Deaf news in BSL from Remark: French theatre company comes to UK | NDCS lobbies government | Deaf Health Project
Click on the titles to go to Remark’s website, then click ‘BSL’ to watch the news in beautiful sign language! French Deaf-Friendly Theatre Comes To Britain The acclaimed French theatre troupe, Compaigne Animotion, is set to tour the UK this coming October. Since 2004, Animotion has been creating visual theatre which is accessible to Deaf and […]
Catherine Cooper: The switch-on is tomorrow
August 31, 2012
Four weeks after the operation, the day of my “switch on” is almost here. This week, I’ll travel once again to the Emmeline centre at Addenbroke’s in Cambridge, to receive a processor for my new implant, and then begin the process of getting it switched on and configured. I’m desperately excited, but also nervous – […]
Must see: Disability films as part of Liberty 2012 at BFI Southbank, on Saturday
August 30, 2012
We don’t often plug events here at Limping Chicken, but if you happen to be in London on Saturday and you don’t have tickets for the Paralympics, you might be interested in seeing a range of disability films that are both BSL interpreted and captioned. ‘The Hammer’ in particular is well worth looking out for, […]
Watch: Ted Evans and Bim Ajadi’s film for the Paralympics!
August 30, 2012
Well done to Ted Evans and Bim Ajadi for this little gem trailing the Paralympics!
Deaf performers and artists shine at London Paralympics opening ceremony
August 30, 2012
Last night was a special night for a number of Deaf performers, artists and filmakers who graced the world stage as part of the dazzling opening ceremony for the Paralympics in London. Their contribution to the event involved months of preparation, hard work and planning, and Limping Chicken would like to congratulate every single one […]
Sasha Thorpe: Starting my second year at university
August 30, 2012
Second year of university is just around the corner…… 2nd Year of counseling and level 2 BSL! Bring it on! As much as I am excited there is a part of me is slightly nervous :/ I will be having new lecturers and my main concern is will I be able to understand them, are […]
US Deaf News: Three-year-old banned from signing his name
August 29, 2012
A huge row is underway across the Atlantic after a Deaf pre-schooler was banned from using his sign name because his school said it violated their anti-weapons policy. In a story that echoes last year’s row here in the UK about a ‘rude’ sign in a nursery rhyme, Hunter Spanjer, from Grand Island, Nebraska has […]
Watch: Deaf Faker, episode 5!
August 29, 2012
In this latest episode of Deaf Faker, Charlotte Loud interviews Deaf actor Matthew Gurney about his career and being Deaf. Will she get any nearer to understanding what the Deaf world is all about? Find out… You can see the rest of the series here: http://www.youtube.com/user/thismiserycantlast
Tamsin Coates: Proud to sign
August 29, 2012
We’ve just had our annual family holiday. Amidst the sun (yes in Britain!), sand and chaos that seems standard in taking three children to a new location, I found myself struck anew with appreciation for one of the every-day parts of our lives. It’s often the case that when you are removed from the minutiae […]
Emily Howlett meets… Brian Duffy, organiser of touring BSL comedy show
August 28, 2012
It has been a while, but the time has come around for yet another patented Limping Chicken interview, complete with name-calling, insults and possibly the odd interesting snippet of information. Today’s victim is here to tell us about an exciting new Deaf Comedy event, and as he is rather infamous among the British Deaf community […]
Reema Patel: Why we should get behind the Deaflympics and the GB Deaf Women’s football team
August 28, 2012
I think that there are two signature emblems to the X-lympics – as I like to call them (the Olympics; the Paralympics; the Deaflympics). The first official emblem is the flame. The second informal emblem – and in some ways, more pertinent to this article, is the starting gun. The relationship between all three forms […]
Watch: Sex, Secrets and Interventions
August 28, 2012
For the first time, Limping Chicken’s highlighting a video that has no deaf involvement, or subject matter, at all. Which is a bit cheeky of us, considering our remit as the UK’s independent deaf news and views site and all. The reason? Well, the film’s funny. And even better, it’s subtitled. Kudos to the filmmakers […]
Charlie Swinbourne: From London to Yorkshire!
August 24, 2012
Well, hello again, loyal readers. Firstly, although this is several weeks late, I should say a big belated thank you to Emily Howlett for her sterling work editing this site while I was on holiday. After five months of waking up and checking this site, spending two weeks digging sandcastles on the west coast of […]
Deaf news in BSL from Remark: New episode of The Hub | Cornwall Deaf Centre to re-open | Deaf prisoner sues
August 24, 2012
Click on the titles to go to Remark’s website, then click ‘BSL’ to watch the news in beautiful sign language! New episode of The Hub out this week! On Monday 20th August, the next Hub programme will be arriving on your screens 35 Young Deaf People Meet From Around the World Imagine 35 young Deaf people […]
Deaf News: World record for signing and singing broken by 114,000 children
August 23, 2012
GUINNESS World Records™ has confirmed that the world record for the most people signing and singing a song simultaneously has been broken. The annual sign2sing record breaker organised by Deaf healthcare charity SignHealth saw 114,277 pupils and teachers from 600 schools break the record in February. One of the schools that took part was St […]
Donna Williams: Today, I am a Deaf adult
August 23, 2012
Recently, I’ve been reading a new blog over at Becoming Deaf, written by Indi, whose experiences I can identify with. She even has her own ‘things not to say to deaf people’ list, and I suspect she’s been much gentler in her responses than I was in my own lists… I digress. As well as […]
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