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Watch: The cafe in Nicaragua run entirely by deaf people!

June 20, 2017

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This video from Culture Trip is all about a cafe in Nicaragua staffed entirely by deaf people – with a […]

Video appears showing interview with Deaf witness to Finsbury Park terror attack

June 19, 2017

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**Warning: this video contains graphic descriptions in sign language of what happened during the Finsbury Park terror attack.** A video […]

Juliet England: Pioneering new centre for deafblind people to open in Selly Oak (with video)

June 19, 2017

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A pioneering new £14m centre for the community, covering Selly Oak and the wider Birmingham area, is set to open […]

Poem: ‘If I told you I was deaf would you turn away’ by Colin Thomson

June 18, 2017

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At weekends, we post some of the most popular articles from our archive, which you might have missed first time […]

Matthew Israelsohn: Why I volunteered to help at the Grenfell Tower tragedy

June 17, 2017

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When I heard about the Grenfell Tower tragedy, I was immediately very keen to volunteer my help. On Thursday morning […]

Deirdre Maguire: Deaf awareness is for Deaf people too!

June 17, 2017

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At weekends, we post some of the most popular articles from our archive, which you might have missed first time […]

Meet: MonixArts, who have created a dance performance based on a BSL poem

June 16, 2017

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MonixArts have created a new dual dance performance based on a poem that we featured on Limping Chicken in 2013, […]

Rebecca-Anne Withey: Why mocking sign language as Jamie Foxx did is never acceptable

June 16, 2017

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I have a good sense of humour, I can assure you. My friends will all tell you how I like […]

Go See: Young DaDaFest in Liverpool this July!

June 16, 2017

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Young DaDaFest develops young disabled and Deaf artists, aged between 12 and 30 by providing them with a platform to […]

Ralph McTeggart: What it’s like to be deaf in the software industry

June 14, 2017

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Not a technical post, but hopefully still an interesting one. I want to take you through a quick tour of […]