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

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A damning new report released today by leading charities RNID and SignHealth has revealed serious and widespread healthcare failings affecting over 6 million adults in England who are deaf or have ...

The brand-new BBC revenge thriller Reunion, written by William Mager, is now available in full on BBC iPlayer. The first episode is a beautifully written, acted and directed piece of drama, ...

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 renaissance was one of the most important movements in Western art and culture. Starting in Italy in the 15 th century, it produced some of the most famous artists we know, including Leonardo Da ...

In February 2012, BBC3 broadcast a documentary about five deaf teenagers. In one scene, a university notetaker told a deaf student that she couldn’t take notes for the whole lecture because “my ...