My name is Lian, and I was born in Bristol, England, to parents who moved here from China before I came into the world. Growing up, I always felt like I had two homes: the leafy streets of ...

Signature, the UK’s leading awarding body for deaf communication and language qualifications, has announced the release of five new episodes to its free ‘School of Signs’ programme, now used in ...

Valentine’s Day is all about romance: whispered sweet nothings, candlelit dinners, and long conversations that stretch into the night. For me—a deaf cochlear implant user—those “whispered” moments ...

Hi everyone, my name is Andie Vowles and I am based in the North West of England. I am profoundly Deaf from birth and use British Sign Language and New Zealand Sign Language. Growing up, I was mainly ...

In the mid 1980s I signed a publishing contract with Book Publisher A for my autobiography about deafness, which I titled The Dragonfly. It had a subtitle with the word ‘deaf’ in it somewhere so it ...

I didn’t expect my Grandad’s funeral to be the place where this realisation hit me. Funerals are meant to bring clarity aren’t they? They are supposed to be the end of a chapter. Instead, I sat there ...

First and foremost, Hello and Happy New Year 2026 to everyone! I’m Paola, hearing mum to Everly, my gorgeous 4-year-old Deaf daughter. Everly was born profoundly deaf and her first language is BSL ...

If it wasn’t for my niece taking a seasonal job as a BSL ranger at Santa’s Lapland, it’s very unlikely I would have known such things existed. And in actual fact, the BSL provision hasn’t really been ...

When I read Sally Austen’s article on The Limping Chicken about deaf mental health services, I found myself nodding along. She’s absolutely right: the system we have doesn’t make sense. In some places ...

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 festive ...

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 ...