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Daniel Brown: Technology shouldn’t be used to exclude deaf people

February 29, 2016

Rain-flecked grey streets, green, red, and yellow neon blazing overhead, curls of steam rising out from some labyrinth underworld below […]

Samuel Dore: What I thought of Sony’s subtitled glasses for cinemas

February 28, 2016

At weekends, we publish some of our most popular articles. Tell us your favourites by emailing thelimpingchicken@gmail.com Earlier this week […]

Emily Howlett: 5 differences between hearing people and deaf people who can hear

February 27, 2016

At weekends, we publish some of our most popular articles. Tell us your favourites by emailing thelimpingchicken@gmail.com So, deafies come […]

Charlie Swinbourne: How to persuade your local cinema to offer regular subtitled screenings

February 26, 2016

Deaf people love going to the cinema just as much as anyone else does, but as I wrote in this […]

Donna Williams: ‘Finally, A Dream Come True’ – My BSL poem about the Deaf character in Dr Who

February 25, 2016

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Sign language poet Donna Williams is a big Dr Who fan, and she’s now created a video about the recent […]

Deaf News: Phonak’s Roger Pen wins prestigious iF Design Award 2016

February 25, 2016

Phonak, who are one of the supporters of this site, has won an iF Design Award for outstanding product design […]

Jemma Buckley: Make sure you watch the BDA’s film ‘Power In Our Hands’ in cinemas now

February 24, 2016

For the past four years the British Deaf Association have been working to bring their extensive film and video collection […]

Deaf News: British Deaf Association publishes book detailing its 125 year history

February 24, 2016

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Alongside their film release, British Deaf Association (BDA) has announced the publication of a new 160 page book entitled: “A Pictorial History of […]

Deaf News: NDCS urges Derby Council to halt plans to cut transport for deaf children

February 24, 2016

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The National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) is urging Derbyshire County Council to halt plans to cut vital transport services for […]

Deaf News: Note given by Starbucks barista to Deaf man saying “I’ve been learning ASL” goes viral

February 23, 2016

A Deaf man’s Facebook post about the note a Starbucks barista gave him has gone viral. Ibbey Piracha was given […]