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‘Two deaf foot’ men complete walk and raise £50,000 for deaf mental health (BSL)u

August 5, 2019

To donate just click here. Two deaf men have completed their walk from John O’Groats to Land’s End, beating their fundraising […]

Deafie Blogger: Deaf people can’t drive? Of course they can!

August 2, 2019

I’ve heard people mention the myth that deaf people can’t drive? I mean it’s all about the eyes, the visuals! […]

Alexy Dury: Our Deaf parkrun takeover!

August 1, 2019

Back in October 2018 my friends and I met up at Northampton racecourse parkrun for a run, cuppa and signwag […]

Claire Hill: Providing live captioning for deaf people at Edinburgh Fringe!

July 25, 2019

It’s hard to describe the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in a few words, but after my first experience of captioning there […]

Joe Jacobs: The joys of learning a second sign language

July 19, 2019

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I was prompted to translate my books into more sign languages when I gave the ASL edition of my children’s […]

Ann Jillings: Signing in front of MPs to support GCSE in British Sign Language

July 18, 2019

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On Wednesday 10th July, I had the privilege of accompanying my son Daniel and friends from Lowestoft Signing Choir to […]

Emily Howlett: When good yoga goes bad

July 17, 2019

A few years ago, I had an actor friend stay with me for about 4 months while she was working […]

Jen Dodds: Five reasons why ‘2 Deaf Foot’ are so important for the Deaf community (with BSL translation!)

July 12, 2019

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The 2 Deaf Foot fundraising page: https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/2deaffoot?utm_term=95XY4Bk3b&fbclid=IwAR1GQCBDk9NOX6XRavZ8jqpd4osdtmxbmbez-BUMZq0IihIft0M4NRiikb0 It’s been a while since I wrote/signed for Limping Chicken – I’ve no […]

Chloe Norton: How I won the right to be accepted for jury duty

July 11, 2019

In 2017 I received a large, important looking, envelope. Inside was a summons for Jury Duty. I was extremely excited, […]

Holly Kramer: I’ll never forget my daughter’s first sign

July 10, 2019

“It must have been so amazing when she finally said her first word! What was it?” “Ermmmm…” The truth is, […]