Editor

Browsing Archives of Author »Charlie Swinbourne«

BDA report highlights investment impact of BSL (BSL)

March 25, 2026

Comments Off on BDA report highlights investment impact of BSL (BSL)

Teaching of British Sign Language (BSL) to young deaf children and their families delivers an impressive economic return on investment, […]

Dr Sally Austen: Has video conferencing helped Deaf mental health care? (BSL)

February 20, 2026

Comments Off on Dr Sally Austen: Has video conferencing helped Deaf mental health care? (BSL)

I grew up watching science-fiction movies where everybody used video calls: on big screens in front of the space ship […]

Lisa Kelly: Building on foundations for deaf poets entering Forward Prizes for Poetry (BSL)

February 18, 2026

Comments Off on Lisa Kelly: Building on foundations for deaf poets entering Forward Prizes for Poetry (BSL)

Deaf poets performing in British Sign Language (BSL) or Visual Vernacular (VV) thinking of entering the Forward Prizes for Poetry […]

SignHealth chosen as this month’s BBC Lifeline charity (BSL)

January 29, 2026

Comments Off on SignHealth chosen as this month’s BBC Lifeline charity (BSL)

SignHealth has been selected as a BBC Lifeline charity of the month. Watch in BSL below: The Lifeline episode announcing […]

Bencie Woll: Language impairments in the development of sign: Do they reside in a specific modality or are they modality-independent deficits? (BSL)

January 23, 2026

Comments Off on Bencie Woll: Language impairments in the development of sign: Do they reside in a specific modality or are they modality-independent deficits? (BSL)

Limping Chicken are sharing a range of lay summaries for research by DCAL (Deafness Cognition and Language Centre), here is […]

Tell DeafATW and RNID about your experiences of Access to Work. Survey deadline extended to Sunday 19th January(BSL)

January 15, 2026

Want to do the survey now? Click this link Watch in BSL below (or click here to go to YouTube), […]

Victoria Nelson: Deaf people deserve a menu, not just a ration (BSL)

January 6, 2026

When I read Sally Austen’s article on The Limping Chicken about deaf mental health services, I found myself nodding along. […]

Charlie Swinbourne: 12 tips for including deaf people at Christmas! (BSL)

December 17, 2025

Comments Off on Charlie Swinbourne: 12 tips for including deaf people at Christmas! (BSL)

For us deaf people, Christmas can mean feeling left out, even as everyone around us seems to be having a […]

Charlie Swinbourne: Is Auracast the future of hearing aid accessibility in public spaces? (BSL)

December 4, 2025

Two weeks ago, I attended a roundtable in London organised by GN Hearing (who make hearing aids under the Resound, […]

Dr Sally Austen: Deaf mental health services – is specialist best? (BSL)

December 4, 2025

The UK has some of the best deaf specialist mental health services in the world. Sadly, that is still not […]