Browsing Archives of Author »Charlie Swinbourne«

Deaf News: World record for signing and singing broken by 114,000 children

August 23, 2012

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GUINNESS World Records™ has confirmed that the world record for the most people signing and singing a song simultaneously has […]

Donna Williams: Today, I am a Deaf adult

August 23, 2012

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Recently, I’ve been reading a new blog over at Becoming Deaf, written by Indi, whose experiences I can identify with. […]

Deaf News: Newcastle’s Tessa Padden teaches sign language in Iran

August 23, 2012

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The BBC has reported on how Tessa Padden, a BSL teacher from Newcastle spent three weeks as a volunteer teaching […]

Ian Noon: Stop what you’re doing, sign a petition and help stop cuts to deaf children’s services

August 22, 2012

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My colleague Jenny caught me talking to myself the other day. I simply reminded her about the importance of internal […]

US Deaf News: Hard of hearing man arrested after asking prostitute to speak up

August 22, 2012

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In one of the more bizarre stories featuring a deaf person that we here at Limping Chicken have ever, er, […]

Indie Beedie: Can you help DCAL chart changes in language and identity in young deaf people?

August 22, 2012

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As many of you Limping Chicken readers will already know, BSL is undergoing a rapid change as the first generation […]

Tamsin Coates: Finding a role model

August 21, 2012

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On reading Haley Sadler’s article about bullying on Limping Chicken a few months ago, I was struck by her words, […]

Thumbs Up: Hilarious Tumblr site uses GIFS to show what deaf life is like

August 20, 2012

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A Tumblr site called MyLifeisDeaf has used GIFS to give a hilarious impression of the frustrations of deaf life. Inspired […]

Deaf news in BSL from Remark: Deaf Apprentice | Comedy show | New building for Frank Barnes School

August 17, 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! Job […]

Watch: Classic documentary featuring pupils at Margate’s Royal School for the Deaf

August 17, 2012

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A classic short documentary that features pupils from Margate’s Royal School for the Deaf has been uploaded to YouTube. Narrated […]