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First Dates Ireland to air the first ever sign-language date

By Aoife Ryan Christensen -

30/01/2018


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“Disability simply means ‘Don’t diss my ability’.”

Tara Hayes, “Is deafness deafinitely a problem?”
Posted on January 6, 2018 on The Limping Chicken (“The world's most popular deaf blog! Lays eggs every weekday”)

The Limping Chicken is a Deaf* blog from the UK, which I just found today. How it got its name.

* We [i.e., American Deaf people**] use ( Read more... )

This is a letter being distributed in the Philadelphia Deaf community by Liberty Resources, a not-for-profit, consumer-controlled organization that advocates and promotes independent living for all persons with disabilities. The English is imperfect, which is common among Deaf people and is no reflection on their intelligence or education. ( Read more... )

from Munchies

What It’s Like to Work at a Restaurant Staffed by Deaf People

By now, you’ve probably heard of restaurants that are staffed by blind servers and ask customers to eat in the dark. But there are also restaurants staffed by people in the deaf community. Although the absence of hearing has fewer gastronomic implications than being without ( Read more... )