Browsing Archives of Author »Charlie Swinbourne«

The Secret Deafie: Isolation, lack of communication and bad attitudes. The reality of my recent work placement

April 25, 2016

1

Today’s Secret Deafie writes about a work placement that didn’t work out as planned. Send us your Secret Deafie blog […]

Adrean Clark: Finding my ASL name sign

April 24, 2016

1

At weekends, we publish some of our most popular articles. Tell us yours by emailing thelimpingchicken@gmail.com. My first name sign […]

The Question: Do deaf people wear hearing aids in bed?

April 23, 2016

3

At weekends, we publish some of our most popular articles. Tell us yours by emailing thelimpingchicken@gmail.com. Here’s an article from […]

Alicia de Barry: Should we think about things from a hearing person’s point of view?

April 22, 2016

2

Sometimes we all jump to conclusions. Sometimes we immediately think that someone is offending or insulting us. We have all […]

Video: Care worker who stripped naked and danced in front of deaf young man says sorry

April 21, 2016

1

We recently reported on a video released by the BBC showing care workers at a college for Deaf students in […]

Watch: Kevin Walker, aka Kidult’s signed interpretation of the song ‘Newsflash’

April 21, 2016

Comments Off on Watch: Kevin Walker, aka Kidult’s signed interpretation of the song ‘Newsflash’

A Deaf man called Kevin Walker, aka Kidult, has released his first signed song video featuring his signed interpretation of the song ‘Newsflash’. […]

Opportunity: Deaf people needed for digital media research in Central London

April 20, 2016

Comments Off on Opportunity: Deaf people needed for digital media research in Central London

This is a sponsored post from Bunnyfield. Are you moderately to profoundly deaf? Would you like to participate in research for […]

Lindsey Dryden: A thank you letter to British Airways (and their deaf customer service agent)

April 20, 2016

Comments Off on Lindsey Dryden: A thank you letter to British Airways (and their deaf customer service agent)

Dear British Airways, On Thursday 14th April, I had to fly with you to New York, after a week of having the […]

Emily Howlett: 5 things that might surprise you about deaf people (this one at least)

April 19, 2016

5

Not all Deaf people are the same. Don’t worry, that’s not the surprise! (It’d be a terrible one.) How we […]

Deaf News: Deaf woman wins Diabetes UK award for fundraising

April 19, 2016

1

A Deaf woman from Stoke on Trent who has raised huge amounts of money for diabetes awareness to the deaf community […]