Rebecca A Withey

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October 14, 2025

Without giving my age away, let’s just say I do have a pension! I am a deaf, sign language user […]

October 2, 2025

Comments Off on BSL interview with Danny Murphy and Samuel Ash about self-funding their collaborative film debut ‘Don’t Look’ (BSL)

English transcript can be found below this BSL video: Rebecca: Hello! So today for Limping Chicken I am interviewing two […]

September 30, 2025

I read an earlier Insight story – about a deaf person becoming estranged from their hearing sibling – with interest […]

September 26, 2025

Comments Off on Meet Julie and Brad, the hard of hearing hosts of the accessible online platform: “Hearing Things with Julie and Brad” (BSL)

Hi all, our names are Julie DeMatteo-Lane and Brad McKenna, and we are two hard of hearing friends and business […]

September 24, 2025

Comments Off on Insight: Why speaking out about the abuse I experienced was cathartic for me (BSL)

(Trigger warning – this anonymous Insight blog contains descriptions of sexual abuse) The last couple of weeks, as stories of […]

September 22, 2025

Comments Off on Carrie Fisher-Brownlee tells us about her new adventure: Carrie Travels (BSL)

My name is Carrie Fisher-Brownlee, and I’m originally from Carrickfergus, Northern Ireland. Last year I got married and moved to […]

September 20, 2025

When I resumed my role in January 2025 as Project and Development Manager at Action Deafness, one of the projects […]

September 17, 2025

Comments Off on Rebecca A Withey: A review of ‘Don’t Look’ – from Ash and Murphy Films (BSL)

I recently watched Don’t Look, a short horror film directed by and starring Danny Murphy and produced alongside cinematographer Samuel […]

September 15, 2025

I haven’t seen my sister for over ten years. I don’t remember the exact day it became ‘official’ that we […]

September 9, 2025

Comments Off on Paola Brolis shares useful social care information for parents of deaf children (BSL)

My husband and I are hearing parents to our Deaf daughter Everly. Our daughter has BSL as first language. This means, […]