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The Weekend Selection: The Milestone Edition

October 5, 2013

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Here are the top five new blogposts from the week that the chicken limped past the million reads milestone. 10 […]

Charlie Swinbourne: The Limping Chicken’s journey to one million views!

October 4, 2013

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It’s been a special day for me, because not only has this site passed the million hits mark, but this […]

Our Top 10 articles… ever!

October 4, 2013

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This site now stands on the cusp of a million views. So without further ado, here are our ten most-read […]

Deaf News: PIP benefit can now be claimed by email, not just by phone

October 4, 2013

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The DWP (Department of Work and Pensions) have announced that they will now accept claims for Personal Independence Payment (PIP) […]

Emily Howlett’s Diary Of A Deaf Mum: The Stuff that’s important… And the Stuff that’s not

October 4, 2013

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There are books. There are leaflets. There are even little checklists in the free catalogues (of which you will receive […]

Read: Deaf writer Sophie Woolley’s article about having a cochlear implant

October 3, 2013

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Deaf writer and actress Sophie Woolley has written an insightful article for the Mail about how having a cochlear implant […]

The Secret Deafie – Losing sight, gaining insight

October 2, 2013

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The Secret Deafie is a series of anonymous columns written by different writers. In this post, first published on this […]

Deaf News: BDA claim there are 156,000 BSL users in the UK

October 2, 2013

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The British Deaf Association (BDA) has welcomed the findings from the Scottish Census 2011, released last week, which states there […]

Deaf News: Hearing screening campaign for people aged over 65 launched

October 2, 2013

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A campaign led by deaf MP Stephen Lloyd to persuade the government to introduce a hearing screening programme for people […]

Melinda Hildebrandt: I was scared to say terms like ‘hearing impaired’

October 2, 2013

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In the months following my daughter Amelia’s diagnosis of hearing loss, I picked up a strange habit when introducing her […]