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Antony Rabin: Why I’m Project Manager for London’s new Deaf-friendly silent disco night

July 24, 2016

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At weekends, we post some of our most popular articles from our archive. Tell us your favourites by emailing thelimpingchicken@gmail.com […]

Charlie Swinbourne: The Deaf community needs more programmes like BBC4’s Life and Deaf

July 23, 2016

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At weekends, we post some of our most popular articles from our archive. Tell us your favourites by emailing thelimpingchicken@gmail.com […]

Liz Searle: How Liverpool’s African music festival Africa Oye included Deaf people

July 22, 2016

Africa Oye rocked Sefton Park in Liverpool again on the 18th and 19th June 2016. In its 24th year, it […]

Go See: BSL interpreted cookery demonstrations at London’s Borough Market!

July 22, 2016

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This is a sponsored post courtesy of London’s Borough Market. Cookery demonstrations with BSL interpretation services take place at Borough Market […]

Deaf News: Sense Urges Government to Move Forward with Funding Plans for Early years

July 22, 2016

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National deafblind charity, Sense, is calling for assurance from the Government that plans for a new Early Years funding formula […]

Deaf News: First ever NHS National Commissioning Framework for deaf people is launched

July 21, 2016

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A new guide to help organisations responsible for planning and commissioning local hearing services for deaf people and those with […]

Gideon Goldberg: How Facebook made subtitled videos cool

July 21, 2016

As someone who cares a lot about accessibility having got my start working on the BBC Ouch Disability blog and […]

Teresa Garratty: An article that’s not about the EU referendum thing. Honest

July 20, 2016

You’ll be pleased to know that this is not an article about the EU Referendum. I’m far too simple to […]

Deaf News: Andrew Rees smashes fundraising target after 15 hour Channel swim

July 20, 2016

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Andrew Rees, who became the first profoundly Deaf man to swim across the Channel on Sunday night, has now exceeded […]

Deaf News: New study casts light on synaesthesia among signed language users

July 20, 2016

Many synaesthetes experience colours when viewing letters or digits but a new research study involving academics from UCL, has for […]