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Ai-Media: The 6 best pages for Deaf content on Reddit

May 14, 2016

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This post is courtesy of our supporter, Ai-Media, who provide live captioning. Find out more here. Few sites offer their users […]

Watch: Channel 4 News video showing parents who have to pay £3000 to learn BSL to communicate with their deaf children

May 13, 2016

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As part of Channel 4 News’ #NoGoBritain series, the programme has made an item, which is subtitled, showing the difficulties that […]

Molly Watt: How my Apple Watch has changed my life in the last 365 Days

May 13, 2016

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A year ago I first blogged about my Apple Watch, and the reaction was unbelievable. I fully intended to return […]

Emily Howlett: What It’s Really Like For Hearing Artists to Work With Deaf Artists

May 12, 2016

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Last month, Positive About Deafness (PAD) Productions were delighted to devise and present two new shows aiming to educate young […]

Deaf News: Deaf man who won Disabled Entrepreneur award jailed for £80,000 Access to Work fraud

May 12, 2016

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A Deaf man has been jailed for 20 months for defrauding the DWP out of £80,000 in Access to Work […]

Deaf News: NDCS report shows parents of deaf babies still not being given adequate communication skills

May 11, 2016

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New data shows that the benefits of hearing screening at birth are being lost with a quarter of parents of […]

Deaf News: UK Deaf man inspired by interpreted event with his hero, President Obama

May 10, 2016

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A Deaf man who is dreaming of a career in politics saw his dreams came true in April when he was […]

Deaf News: Exeter Deaf Academy teacher nominated for Teacher of the Year 2016

May 10, 2016

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A teacher from Exeter Royal Academy for Deaf Education (who are a supporter of this site) is in the running […]

Richard Turner: What I learned from Ben Fletcher’s talk about living life to the full as a Deafblind person

May 9, 2016

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Last Sunday morning, I found myself in a packed community hall in Holborn, Central London. I didn’t quite know what […]

The Secret Deafie: “My fingers are my eyes, my hands are my ears.” A poem about being deafblind

May 8, 2016

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