For us deaf people, Christmas can mean feeling left out, even as everyone around us seems to be having a wonderful time. Christmas dinner, carol singing, the King’s speech on telly, young ...
Tortoise and the Hare at Derby Theatre more than lives up to its promise. As I settled into the studio theatre ready for the show to begin, I was conscious at ...
I recently joined a free training programme for disabled actors because I wanted to learn new skills. I was unsure about it at first but a valued deaf friend recommended it to me. I’m a deaf ...
Firstly can you introduce who you are and your role at Nagish? I’m Tomer Aharoni, Co-founder and CEO of Nagish. We started Nagish with one simple goal: to make communication accessible for everyone, ...
It’s December — the season of advent calendars, “Elf on the Shelf” cheekiness and the mad scramble to book Santa visits before Christmas. For many families, a trip to see Santa or to watch a ...
I have pulled no punches. I have written the best advocacy tips that I have used throughout the years in a list – in no particular order. If you are looking for soft language and placating ...
My partner and I are both deaf and we were thrilled to find out we were expecting at the start of last year. I had wanted a family for a long time so it felt like a dream come true when it finally ...
Limping Chicken are sharing a range of lay summaries for research by DCAL (Deafness Cognition and Language Centre), here is the first post: Robert Adam explains how deaf people often write or ...
The British Deaf Association (BDA) has endorsed a new programme called The School of Signs, developed by Signature to bring British Sign Language (BSL) into primary schools across the UK, free of ...
Zoë McWhinney has had a varied career as a Sign Language Poet, an actor, director, BSL consultant, and is now making her writing debut as a co-playwright for the highly anticipated Royal Court ...
The DVSA (Driving and Vehicle Standards Agency) has integrated a British Sign Language (BSL) translation tool, Signly, for theory test bookings, aiming to improve accessibility and boost independence ...