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Paul Miller: How Signs Alive Festival in Sunderland will bring deaf creativity to life (BSL)

May 14, 2026

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Signs Alive Festival is a brand-new, family-friendly arts festival taking place in Sheepfolds Stables, Sunderland on Sat 27– Sun 28 June […]

Double award wins for Bim Ajadi, Ted Evans, and TV series Reunion at Deaffest’s 10th Film and TV awards (BSL)

May 12, 2026

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At the 10th Deaffest film and TV awards on Saturday night in Wolverhampton, a star-studded night of entertainment and awards […]

BDA report highlights investment impact of BSL (BSL)

March 25, 2026

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Teaching of British Sign Language (BSL) to young deaf children and their families delivers an impressive economic return on investment, […]

Dr Sally Austen: Has video conferencing helped Deaf mental health care? (BSL)

February 20, 2026

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I grew up watching science-fiction movies where everybody used video calls: on big screens in front of the space ship […]

Lisa Kelly: Building on foundations for deaf poets entering Forward Prizes for Poetry (BSL)

February 18, 2026

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Deaf poets performing in British Sign Language (BSL) or Visual Vernacular (VV) thinking of entering the Forward Prizes for Poetry […]

SignHealth chosen as this month’s BBC Lifeline charity (BSL)

January 29, 2026

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SignHealth has been selected as a BBC Lifeline charity of the month. Watch in BSL below: The Lifeline episode announcing […]

Bencie Woll: Language impairments in the development of sign: Do they reside in a specific modality or are they modality-independent deficits? (BSL)

January 23, 2026

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Limping Chicken are sharing a range of lay summaries for research by DCAL (Deafness Cognition and Language Centre), here is […]

Tell DeafATW and RNID about your experiences of Access to Work. **Survey deadline extended to Sunday 19th January**(BSL)

January 15, 2026

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Want to do the survey now? Click this link Watch in BSL below (or click here to go to YouTube), […]

Victoria Nelson: Deaf people deserve a menu, not just a ration (BSL)

January 6, 2026

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When I read Sally Austen’s article on The Limping Chicken about deaf mental health services, I found myself nodding along. […]

Charlie Swinbourne: 12 tips for including deaf people at Christmas! (BSL)

December 17, 2025

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For us deaf people, Christmas can mean feeling left out, even as everyone around us seems to be having a […]