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February 5, 2024

Comments Off on Watch: Netflix documentary about Deaf Rave, directed by Ted Evans

A new documentary made as part of Netflix’s future talent programme is now available to watch on YouTube. Turn Up […]

January 22, 2024

Comments Off on Tribute to deaf footballer Gemma Wiseman

The deaf community was saddened before Christmas with the news of the death of Gemma Wiseman (nee Sanders), a popular […]

January 15, 2024

For those of a certain age, Gladiators brings back nostalgic memories of Saturday afternoons watching ITV, filling the gap between […]

January 10, 2024

Comments Off on Stuart Wragg: Tales from a working-life with partial deafness (BSL)

I was on the cusp of turning ten when a dinner-table conversation with my mother transformed my outlook on working […]

January 9, 2024

Comments Off on Deaf Rainbow UK: How more LGBTQ+ signs are being recognised in an online glossary (BSL)

British Sign Language has always been rich and this is no exception to Deaf people who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, […]

January 5, 2024

Comments Off on Olivia Marsden: An update on my experience of job hunting (BSL)

Earlier this year I wrote an article for The Limping Chicken about my experiences of job hunting as a deaf […]

January 4, 2024

Comments Off on Juliet England: Deaf in a crisis: coping in an emergency situation (BSL)

It’s been a perfectly ordinary Sunday afternoon. I’ve been to visit my remaining Aged Parent and can’t be bothered to […]

December 21, 2023

Comments Off on Deaf News: New British Sign Language GCSE heading for classrooms (BSL)

The new British Sign Language GCSE subject content has been published today, meaning pupils across the UK will soon be […]

December 17, 2023

Comments Off on Rebecca Atkinson: Why I opened the Toy Like Me Etsy shop – so deaf children could have a toy like them

In 2015 I noticed there was almost no representation of disability in toys and I started the viral Toy Like […]

December 13, 2023

Comments Off on All episodes of Channel 5 kids series Mixmups to be available with BSL (BSL)

Mixmups, a new 52-part series for pre-school children on Milkshake, Channel 5, has announced that all 52 episodes of the […]