A new Ofcom study has found a video relay service that connects deaf British Sign Language (BSL) users to the emergency services is successfully saving lives. Ofcom rules, introduced in 2022, ...

Across further education, Deaf students are showing up with ambition, talent, and a desire to succeed. But too often, the support around them isn’t quite keeping up. In colleges across the UK, ...

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 ...

Language (BSL) Poet Laureate competition. The winner is Ishtiaq Hussain, who becomes the 2025 BSL Poet Laureate, an esteemed honour that comes with a £500 prize and the exciting opportunity to perform ...

It wasn’t one thing — not a single moment or explosive incident — that made me decide I needed a change. It was more like the slow realisation that I was constantly being overlooked, underestimated, ...

Hi Jonny, can you tell us a bit about you? I am Jonny Cotsen. I am based in Cardiff, Wales and I work as a freelance creative access consultant. I am employed at Sherman Theatre as an Agent for Change ...

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 ...

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