The Weekend Selection: Twas the week before Christmas…

After last week’s record-breaking (and nearly site-breaking) number of views, this week was a calmer affair.

Well, we say that, but apparently, our top article this week, by Professor Graham Turner, was mentioned in the European Union, which was a big honour for this Chicken to proudly take with it as it went Christmas shopping.

Without further ado, our top five articles this week were:

1. Professor Graham Turner: 10 lessons from the tale of the ‘fake’ interpreter
2. Deaf News: ‘Fake’ sign language interpreter mars Nelson Mandela service for Deaf people worldwide
3. Matt Dixon: Ten essential things to know about being a child of deaf parents
4. Donna Williams: Paul Whitehouse rubbed the ‘fake’ interpreter controversy in deaf people’s faces
5. Charlie Swinbourne: 10 tips for including deaf people at Christmas!

The top 3 articles not published this week were:

1. Charlie Swinbourne: The 10 annoying habits of hearing people
2. Charlie Swinbourne: The 10 annoying habits of deaf people!
3. Donna Williams: S*** people say… to sign language interpreters

Thanks to our readers, contributors and supporters. Check us out next week when, before taking a break for Christmas, we have some fantastic articles from Emily Howlett, Nick Sturley and Teresa Garratty to look forward to!

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• Phonak: innovative technology and products in hearing acoustics.
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• 121 Captions: captioning and speech-to-text services. 
• Signworld: online BSL learning and teaching materials. 
• STAGETEXT: theatre captioning. 
• Krazy Kat: visual theatre with BSL. 
• SignHealth: healthcare support for Deaf people. 
• Deafinitely Theatre: theatre from a Deaf perspective. 
• Lipspeaker UK: specialist lipspeaking support. 
• SDHH: Deaf television programmes online. 
• Sign Solutions:, language and learning. 
• Lexicon Signstream: BSL interpreting and communication services.
•  Action Deafness Communications: sign language and Red Dot online video interpreting. 
• Hamilton Lodge School in Brighton: education for Deaf children. 
• RAD Deaf Law Centre: legal advice for Deaf people.