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Catherine Cooper: New sounds for the first time

October 2, 2012

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It was a challenge to take the boys back to school at the start of term. The noise in the […]

Watch: Two Deaf Babies

October 2, 2012

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Sometimes a film comes along that says in one minute what you’d struggle to say in an hour. This beautiful […]

Watch: Photographer’s video of Deaf people in Zambia

October 1, 2012

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Photographer Emma Case recently visited Ndola in Zambia photographing the lives of Deaf and Hard of Hearing people over there […]

The Secret Deafie: The day I was rejected from the Deaf club… for having only one arm

October 1, 2012

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

Deaf news in BSL from Remark: Four Deaf women accused of attempted murder | Indian film about Deaf boy in Oscar contention

September 28, 2012

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Click on the titles to go to Remark’s website, then click ‘BSL’ to watch the news in beautiful sign language! Four […]

Tamsin Coates: Cameron’s Re-Implant, Part Deux – The Switch On!

September 28, 2012

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A few months ago I wrote an article here on Limping Chicken about my apprehension and fear leading up to […]

Angie Aspinall: The Year of the Dog

September 28, 2012

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If you’ve read my first blog post for Limping Chicken, you’ll know that after sudden profound deafness in my ‘good […]

Deaf News: Deaf father-to-be offered interpreter for baby’s birth by private company

September 27, 2012

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This is Hull and East Riding has just reported that Adam Bassett, the Deaf actor denied a sign language interpreter […]

Teresa Garratty: The perils of work

September 27, 2012

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It’s not easy finding work these days and for us Deaf folk it’s not just the recession that’s made things […]

Charlie Swinbourne: Ten things you should never say to a deaf person

September 25, 2012

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Hearing people. Want to make friends with a deaf person? Then wise up and don’t say any of these sentences. […]