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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The UK Government breached the Equality Act 2010 when it failed to provide a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter for its scientific briefings on the coronavirus, a judge has ruled today. The ...

This is a companion article to my article for Limping Chicken ‘Tips for working remotely when you’re deaf’ which was published on 23 March. Please read that article first! Remote captioning Some ...

The National Union of British Sign Language Interpreters (NUBSLI) has expressed concern that video relay services (VRS) may become the ‘new’ normal for interpreters and deaf people after the ...