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The Weekend Selection: The finance, foreigners and chicken feet edition

June 8, 2013

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Here are the top five new blog posts from the previous 7 days, based on pageviews. We’re Latvian, we’re Deaf […]

Andy Palmer: Why not negotiate a deaf discount on your mobile phone contract?

June 7, 2013

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About a year or so ago, it was time for my Dad’s mobile phone contract renewal. He chose the smartphone […]

“You need to arrange your own interpreter.” The handwritten note that appears to show bank breaking its own policy

June 6, 2013

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In the Accessibility section of NatWest’s website, it says clearly that the company, which calls itself Britain’s ‘Helpful’ bank, has a policy […]

Jen Dodds: My real-life limping chicken, and why I’m embracing the quiet life

June 6, 2013

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When “the limping chicken programme” was on last year, like everyone else, I was stunned when the notetaker had to […]

Ask the chicken: I’ve broken up with my Deaf boyfriend but I keep seeing him around. How can I move on?

June 5, 2013

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In an uncertain world, there’s one person you can turn to for dependable advice: the limping chicken. Offering sensible tips […]

We’re Latvian, we’re Deaf and we’re in the UK: The untold story of Deaf migration

June 4, 2013

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Vladimirs Krumins and Rolands Barkans are both qualified builders from Latvia. Like many people from Eastern Europe, they have made […]

Sign language tutor says government cuts are destroying her business

June 3, 2013

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In an article in the Sunday Mirror, BSL tutor Sandra Duguid has told the paper’s Carole Malone about how the […]

The Secret Deafie: The day the teacher found out I wasn’t listening

June 3, 2013

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The Secret Deafie is a series of anonymous columns written by different writers. Today’s Deafie tells us about an incident […]

Weekend Selection: The best, the borgs and breaking the law edition.

June 1, 2013

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Here are the top 5 new blogs, based on pageviews, on The Limping Chicken this week: The Secret Deafie: I […]

Watch: Subtitled interview with sadly missed actor and CODA, Richard Griffiths

May 31, 2013

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This interview was originally shown at Deaffest, the UK’s top deaf film festival. Richard Griffiths died in March 2013, was […]