Rebecca A Withey

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Zeinab El: My journey towards accepting and living with hearing loss, so far (BSL)

January 14, 2026

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I’m a hearing-impaired, Egyptian woman in my thirties. My journey towards hearing loss enlightenment has just started two years ago. […]

Insight: I’ve been at Uni for three months and I have no friends – is it because I’m deaf? (BSL)

January 13, 2026

I was very excited to get accepted at the University I am now studying at. I worked hard throughout my […]

Rebecca A Withey: A year of writing and sharing your stories

January 8, 2026

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I don’t know about you, but whenever a year comes to an end, I find myself in reflective mode. What […]

Insight: Living with Seasonal Depression as a deaf person (BSL)

January 5, 2026

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Every year, as autumn slips into winter, I see people joke about being “sad because it’s cold” or “just hating […]

Review: Tortoise and the Hare – a fully inclusive and joyful family show at Derby Theatre (BSL)

December 17, 2025

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Billed as a show for ages 3–100, Tortoise and the Hare at Derby Theatre more than lives up to its promise. As […]

Insight: As a deaf actor, I don’t feel part of the ‘disabled’ world (BSL)

December 16, 2025

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I recently joined a free training programme for disabled actors because I wanted to learn new skills. I was unsure […]

An interview with Tomer Aharoni, CEO of Nagish – an AI powered accessibility company that aims to reshape how deaf and HOH people make phone calls (BSL)

December 12, 2025

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Firstly can you introduce who you are and your role at Nagish? I’m Tomer Aharoni, Co-founder and CEO of Nagish. […]

Is your family hoping for an accessible festive season? Here’s our list of fun, inclusive events taking place this December! (BSL)

December 10, 2025

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It’s December — the season of advent calendars, “Elf on the Shelf” cheekiness and the mad scramble to book Santa […]

Founders of Luxury Hearing Aid Jewellery, Auzi, share what they’ve been up to since their last blog! (BSL)

December 8, 2025

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Since our last piece on The Limping Chicken, so much has evolved at Auzi, and all of it has been […]

Julie and Brad from Down the Tubes Productions share their individual guides to self-advocacy! (BSL)

December 2, 2025

An Extreme Extrovert’s Guide to Self-Advocacy Level: No Nonsense By: Julie DeMatteo-Lane Author’s Note: I have pulled no punches. I […]