Browsing Archives of Author »Charlie Swinbourne«

Revealed: UK NHS Hospital Trusts and Ambulance Trusts’ emergency BSL policy

January 4, 2018

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This article is by Liam O’Dell. Distressed, in pain, in an unfamiliar environment with no means to communicate. It’s a […]

Linda Richards: What happened at Odeon’s free subtitled screening of Star Wars

January 3, 2018

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Limping Chicken’s petition for cinema multiplexes to each dedicate one screen to subtitles now has over 23,000 signatures. Please sign […]

Teresa Garratty: Deaf-friendly hobbies for 2018!

January 2, 2018

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A new year is a bit of a strange time for some people. Although the only thing that changes is […]

Go See: Screening of sign language films at London Short Film Festival, 16th January (BSL)

January 2, 2018

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This is a sponsored post. A screening of sign language films is taking place on 16th January at London Short […]

Merry Christmas from the Limping Chicken team to all our readers!

December 24, 2017

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Happy Christmas to all of our readers from our regular writers! Hope you have a great time this year – […]

Poem: Colin Thomson signs his poem Happy Christmas (Don’t Talk Over) (BSL)

December 24, 2017

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At weekends, we post our most popular posts from our archive.  Below we see Colin Thomson signing a Christmas poem, […]

Teresa Garratty: What’s on my Christmas list? (the answer might surprise you)

December 23, 2017

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At weekends, we post our most popular posts from our archive.  It happens every year doesn’t it? The same old […]

Vue cinema in Reading allegedly REMOVED subtitles from deaf-accessible Star Wars screening because it “has been popular”

December 22, 2017

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Earlier this week, we reported on a failed subtitled screening of Star Wars at an Odeon cinema in Brighton, which […]

What happened when our Editor Charlie Swinbourne spoke to Odeon’s bosses

December 22, 2017

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Please sign (and ask your friends and family to sign) Charlie’s petition for better cinema access for Deaf people, here. After […]

Charlie Swinbourne: Science may soon ‘cure’ deafness, but Deaf culture’s loss would be tragic (BSL)

December 21, 2017

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Last night, it was reported that there’s been a breakthrough in treating genetic hearing loss as gene editing has been shown to […]