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Theatre review: Deafinitely Theatre’s 4Play Showcase

February 23, 2012 by

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You’re one of four writers attending ten workshops over the course of three months. Then a director picks up your […]

Martine Monksfield: My batteries went flat at a wedding

February 23, 2012 by

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Last weekend, the husband and I got ourselves dolled up for a wedding reception, the first wedding we’ve been to […]

William Mager: Seeing my son for the first time

February 22, 2012 by

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I’ll never forget the first time I saw my son. I was in an operating theatre, holding my wife’s hand […]

Donna Williams: British SPECIAL language?! How interpreting agencies get it wrong

February 22, 2012 by

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British… Special… Language. This is what interpreting providers Language Empire apparently thought BSL stood for. The average layman in the […]

Deaf Dad: The first day

February 22, 2012 by

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Today is the first day of Team Dad. After ten months of maternity leave, my Wife has returned to her […]

Deaf news: ‘Banks face threat of massive payouts to deaf customers’ says The Times

February 21, 2012 by

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If, like many deafies, you’ve ever struggled to deal with your bank because they expect you to phone them to […]

The Secret Deafie: The day I found myself on the hearing man’s side

February 21, 2012 by

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The Secret Deafie is a series of anonymous columns written by different writers. Our first contributor* tells us about an […]

Deaf news: Arts Council conference falls short on online access for deaf arts professionals

February 20, 2012 by

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Of all the organisations in all the world that you’d expect to fall short in offering equal access to one […]

Rural Chicken: From city to countryside

February 20, 2012 by

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In her debut post, Rural Chicken realises the difference between living in a comfortable coop and being a wild free […]

Charlie Swinbourne: BBC News articles oversimplified teenagers choice

February 17, 2012 by

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In The Limping Chicken’s debut post, editor Charlie Swinbourne argues that two recent BBC News articles about the teenagers featured […]