Charities representing deaf people in the UK have come together to ask the Government to work with them on new welfare and employment plans. This follows yesterday’s announcement that the ...

To watch Thrive Live on YouTube, click here. I’m a big fan of YouTube. I watch it every day. But one thing that’s always got to me is how little British Sign Language (BSL) content there is on the ...

Having worn hearing aids since I was two, there are habits which have become second nature when it comes to managing my ears and my hearing aids. I (almost) always leave my hearing aids in the ...

Hi Katie! Can you introduce who you are to our readers first of all? Hi everyone! I’m Katie, I am profoundly deaf and visually impaired and I am from Leeds. I wear many hats! I am a sign song ...

On a recent memorable night in Liverpool, my company Spectroscope staged the world’s largest sign language projection. The monumental projection illuminated the Cunard Building for Dada Fest ...

The Deaf Academy is set to host a national conference on March 21st, bringing together leading professionals in Deaf education from across the UK. The highly anticipated 2025 BATOD-BAEA Conference ...

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On March 10th 2025 the very first film I wrote, Where the Light Gets In, will be broadcast on television. Throughout March the film premieres at cinemas in London, Derby and Edinburgh too. It’s a ...

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 ...

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 ...