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Charlie Swinbourne: Survey shows businesses need to change how they work with deaf employees

October 1, 2016

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At weekends, we post some of our most popular blogs. Tell us your favourites by emailing thelimpingchicken@gmail.com This article was […]

John Cradden: My new book explains how a cochlear implant made me feel more deaf

September 30, 2016

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Born deaf into a hearing family, I grew up as a ‘hearing’ person with the help of powerful hearing aids […]

Vera Brearey: What is ‘hearing’ like when you are deaf? Here’s how I hear

September 29, 2016

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It is hard to explain to someone who can hear normally what “hearing” can be like for someone with hearing […]

Deaf News: Mystery as plaque on bench in Welsh town criticises local council’s cuts to Deaf services

September 29, 2016

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Via the North Wales Daily Post: A plaque has mysteriously appeared on a bench opposite Conwy Castle highlighting the cuts […]

Go See: The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, captioned and BSL interpreted in London’s West End

September 28, 2016

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The National Theatre (who are a supporter of this site) has announced the scheduling of accessible performances of its West End production of […]

Michael McNeely: Why for me, going to the cinema is like going to church

September 28, 2016

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Movies are my religion, and I hope I can keep seeing them for the rest of my (very long) life. […]

1000 Deaf Europeans to demand better sign language recognition at European Parliament

September 27, 2016

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On Wednesday, over 1,000 people from across the EU will descend on the European Parliament chamber to demand better recognition […]

Stuart Harrison: How BBC See Hear challenged the ICSD President on the Deaflympics

September 27, 2016

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In the recent BBC television programme See Hear, the president of the ICSD, Valery Rukhledev was challenged on his attitude […]

Deaf News: New features added to BSL Signbank, DCAL’s online sign language dictionary

September 26, 2016

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Academics behind BSL Signbank, the first ever British Sign Language (BSL) usage-based dictionary, have added two new features to mark […]

Lina Cankas: A Deaf perspective on differences in interpreting services in England and Lithuania

September 26, 2016

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In Lithuania, all interpreters are provided by a centralised Interpreting Centre in the heart of each of the major towns […]