Browsing Archives of Author »Charlie Swinbourne«

Gary Thomas: Coming out as being deaf

May 10, 2012

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My name is Gary Thomas, I am an artist, filmmaker and writer. I’ve had ‘hidden disabilities’ for most of my […]

Deaf News: Petition calls for better BSL access for Deaf patients

May 10, 2012

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To mark Deaf Awareness week, a number of deaf charities have got together to call on health care providers to […]

Emily Howlett: S*** We Make Text Relay Operators Say

May 9, 2012

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Recently the Limping Chicken’s very own Donna Williams wrote a piece discussing the various absurdities (also known as ‘s***’) that […]

Lana Senchal: Why do deaf people have to pay to learn to use BSL?

May 9, 2012

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Last week, I was in Leicester to see a signed theatre performance. While there, I got talking (in sign language) […]

Roy Staines: How live subtitles ruined Boris Johnson’s election speech

May 8, 2012

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On Friday evening I was watching the climax of the Mayor of London election saga live on TV. I had […]

William Mager: Mocking the way Roy Hodgson speaks is not ok. It’s really not.

May 8, 2012

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Being an England manager and having poor command of the spoken word aren’t unusual. Sir Alf Ramsey had a strong […]

The Secret Deafie: A misunderstanding at the hand dryer

May 8, 2012

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

Deaf news in BSL from Remark: Jubilee Street Party | The Hub | Elmfield School

May 4, 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! […]

Deaf News: NDCS launch ‘Look, Smile, Chat’ campaign aimed at teenagers

May 4, 2012

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The National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) has today launched a new campaign aiming to give hearing teenagers advice to help […]

Emily Howlett: Hearing people have invisible sign names

May 4, 2012

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Sign names. Tricky little blighters, aren’t they? It’s all well and good if your given sign name is something delicious […]