The Weekend Selection: The Milestone Edition

Posted on October 5, 2013 by



Here are the top five new blogposts from the week that the chicken limped past the million reads milestone.

  1. 10 things hearing people should know about deaf people
  2. Linda Richards: If we don’t support our own, who can we expect to support the Deaf community?
  3. Deaf News: Teenager calls on the Prime Minister to protect services for deaf children
  4. Donna Williams: Farewell, Vitalis
  5. Melinda Hildebrandt: I was scared to say terms like ‘hearing impaired’

And the top three not from the previous seven days

  1. Mark Levin: Let’s eradicate the term ‘hearing impaired’
  2. The Secret Deafie – Losing sight, gaining insight
  3. Charlie Swinbourne: The 10 annoying habits of hearing people

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