Across the UK, D/deaf individuals in need of care are facing a critical shortfall in appropriate services, with many being placed in care homes where British Sign Language (BSL) is not used or ...

Interpreter Volunteer with Home-Start Greenwich, has been recognised as Home-Start UK’s Digital Volunteer of the Year for her life-changing support ...

Dear reader, before you read on, please note that I love my family dearly and I do not – under any circumstances, wish to be disowned or part of another family. This blog is simply a ...

Hello! I’m Jan, and I’m an author of teen and young adult fiction. I live in Bath, with my husband and two children. When I’m not writing, I work as a teacher – I’m a qualified primary art ...

Tina Costi, a deaf woman from London, recently competed in her very first body building competition, taking home several medals. Watch Rebecca Withey talking to Tina in BSL in the video below, or ...

Hi, my name is Karissa and I was born profoundly deaf in both ears, and have a cochlear implant. I’m 21 years old and received my first cochlear implant at Great Ormand Street when I was just 13 ...

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Across further education, Deaf students are showing up with ambition, talent, and a desire to succeed. But too often, the support around them isn’t quite keeping up. In colleges across the UK, ...

The British Deaf Association has announced the winner of its third annual British Sign Language (BSL) Poet Laureate competition. The winner is Ishtiaq Hussain, who becomes the 2025 BSL Poet Laureate, ...

This Can’t Be It It wasn’t one thing — not a single moment or explosive incident — that made me decide I needed a change. It was more like the slow realisation that I was constantly being overlooked, ...

The Limping Chicken is the world's most popular Deaf blog, and is edited by Deaf journalist, screenwriter and director Charlie Swinbourne. Our posts represent the opinions of blog authors, they do not ...

Hi Jonny, can you tell us a bit about you? I am Jonny Cotsen. I am based in Cardiff, Wales and I work as a freelance creative access consultant. I am employed at Sherman Theatre as an Agent for Change ...