The Weekend Selection: The take a break, relaxing break and breakdown edition

Posted on October 26, 2013 by


Here are the top five new blogposts from the this week based on pageviews.

  1. Andrew Arthur: I had a nervous breakdown at my deaf boarding school. Now it’s time to tell my story
  2. Emily Howlett: Where is my space, where I am just me? The answer may surprise you
  3. Elisabeth McDermott: When I want to switch off, I close my eyes and turn my head away. Is that ok?
  4. BBC subtitle issues rumble on: Super fast, super small and super invisible
  5. Charlie Swinbourne: Trying (and failing) to get my hearing aids fixed

And the top three not from the previous seven days

  1. Ian Noon: The impact of concentration fatigue on deaf children should be factored in
  2. Charlie Swinbourne: The 10 annoying habits of hearing people
  3. AJW Smith: “I began to see possibilities, not impossibilities.” The Deaf tribe who gave me pride

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