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Tamsin Coates: Why filling in the Disability Living Allowance form has me reaching for a drink

August 19, 2013 by

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I belong to a secret society of drinkers. It is an elite club and one I have belonged to since […]

Jen Dodds: Why I’m not doing embarrassment. Really

July 25, 2013 by

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Don’t panic! The chicken is fine! OK… that was a bit rubbish as emergencies go – I don’t really think […]

Diary of a Deaf Mum: Me versus Spring. Who’ll win?

May 2, 2013 by

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It would appear Spring has finally sprung. Daffodils and bluebells, bumblebees and butterflies, sunshine and showers… And terrible public nappy […]

Diary of a Deaf Mum: From food, to time, and you. What changes when baby comes!

April 15, 2013 by

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Hey, Toto. I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore… For one thing, there’s a wicked witch poking out from under […]

Diary of a Deaf Mum: Why it’s vital you have an interpreter at your baby’s birth

March 21, 2013 by

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Picture the scene, if you will… A room of white; white walls, white bed, big white equipment that is most […]

Deaf Dad: Why fathers should read to their children

March 14, 2013 by

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I read to my children every night, but many fathers don’t. Here’s my article for parenting website Yano about why […]

Diary of a Deaf Mum: Where I’ve been for the last nine months

March 4, 2013 by

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Well, this is awkward. It’s been a long time, hasn’t it? Pretty much exactly nine months since you and I […]

Sounding off! The diary of a mother of a deaf child

February 4, 2013 by

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Every month Tiger Mother – mum to moderately deaf Hayley, 14, and her two brothers Lee and Harry – brings […]

Leigh Taylor: 10 things you should never say to the (hearing) parent of a deaf child

January 16, 2013 by

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Leigh Taylor is a hearing mum of two children, one of whom is deaf and has a life-limiting condition. In […]

Alison Leach: Labour of love

April 12, 2012 by

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It was a sunny day in April with blue skies dominating the skyline. I was 13 days past our baby’s […]