Deaf filmmaker and unit stills photographer Samuel Dore, along with BSL/English Interpreters Katie Bazini and Mike Ballinger, have been working in the media industry for many years, they are now ...

This feels personal to me, but I hope it is relatable to you. I was born profoundly Deaf in both ears. My father was Deaf, ...

On 31 July, Laura Ganderton began an extraordinary challenge: cycling every stage of the 2026 Tour de France Femmes avec Zwift route, just one day ahead of the professionals. Laura is part of a ...

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Almost everything social seems to happen around food. We meet friends for dinner, go on dates, celebrate birthdays, catch up with colleagues and meet new people over a meal. And yet there is one ...

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

Please scroll down for BSL videos and details of a BSL chat via Zoom on working remotely. New to communicating remotely? Want to know more? I asked deaf friends, interpreters, and speech to text ...

When I was in my late teens, I applied for a job with the National Trust. I’d passed the online tests and felt quietly optimistic. A few days later, however, I received an email saying they had ...

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

The UK Government is being taken to court tomorrow, in a landmark legal case with the potential to strengthen the rights of Deaf British Sign Language (BSL) users. The judicial review hearing over ...

Frederick Douglas Alker (1940-2025). Doug, a fearless deaf visionary and leader of his time. A man who had achieved so much in his life and a role model to many. He wasn’t super human, he was hopeless ...

I went to a great conference today. It was riveting and I was hooked on pretty much every word. And then I got home and collapsed on the sofa. I’m not just tired, I’m shattered. I’ve had to turn my ...