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Meet: Will Kirk, the deaf DJ appearing on BBC Radio 1 this Christmas

December 21, 2020 by

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From nightclub sessions during university, to presenting on BBC Radio 1 this Christmas, Sheffield-based DJ Will Kirk talks to Liam […]

Deaf News: UK Government COVID guidance requires Year 9 reading age, report finds

December 16, 2020 by

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The “majority” of written government guidance on the coronavirus demands a Year 9 level of reading to understand it, a […]

Deaf News: Deaf man wins discrimination case after behaviour was ‘misinterpreted’ as being ‘aggressive’

December 15, 2020 by

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A profoundly deaf former employee of a South London care home has succeeded with his discrimination case at an employment […]

Revealed: UK Government to fund BSL interpretation of COVID briefings on social media

December 11, 2020 by

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The Cabinet Office is to provide British Sign Language (BSL) access to future coronavirus briefings on its social media accounts, […]

Deaf News: Live captioning software Ava launches in the UK

December 10, 2020 by

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Ahead of the captioning tool getting its UK launch today, Liam sits down with Ava co-founder Thibault Duchemin to talk […]

Revealed: UK Government provided own BSL interpreter for vaccine briefing

December 9, 2020 by

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Downing Street has confirmed that it provided an online British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter for its press conference on the […]

Deaf News: Lexico to review dictionary definition of ‘deaf’ following criticism

December 8, 2020 by

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The online dictionary Lexico has confirmed to The Limping Chicken that it will review its definition of the word ‘deaf’, following criticism […]

Liam O’Dell: Celebrating my Freedom in a George Michael music video

December 4, 2020 by

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“I think there’s something you should know”, mouths a model in the music video for George Michael’s hit single, Freedom! ’90. Thirty […]

Liam O’Dell: YouTuber Saffron Barker’s deaf documentary is more pity than positivity

December 4, 2020 by

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It shouldn’t be a surprise that a social media star, who still fails to manually caption her Instagram and YouTube […]

Deaf News: Three in four mask wearers don’t know how to communicate with deaf people

November 20, 2020 by

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Only a quarter of UK adults know how to communicate with deaf people whilst wearing a face mask, a YouGov […]

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