This week, our intrepid quarter-life chroniclers spoke with the wonderful Bengi-Sue Sirin who, alongside her work in education, is also a member of the Deaf community.

It was a really powerful, interesting and inspiring conversation about the struggles that deaf people are still facing today, the stigmas she has personally fought back against, and why you should never judge a Pot Noodle consumer!

In a Quarter-Life Chronicles first, and as part of our pledge to make our podcast as accessible as we can, we will also be providing a transcript for this episode alongside its release.

We have also worked with Bengi-Sue to collate a list of useful resources and links which focus on the topics discussed in this episode:

Non-Fictional Literature: 

Oliver Sacks: Seeing Voices (A Journey into the World of the Deaf)

Dr Paddy Ladd: Understanding Deaf Culture: In Search of Deafhood 

Fictional (Poetry):

Ilya Kaminsky: Deaf Republic 

Raymond Antrobus: The Perseverance 

Lisa Kelly: A Map Towards Fluency

Charities:

NDCS (National Deaf Children’s Society) https://www.ndcs.org.uk/ 

BDA (British Deaf Association) https://bda.org.uk/ 

Commerce:

https://thedeafmarket.com/store/honest-yarn/ (Website promoting Deaf creators/designers work) 

Media & BSL:

https://www.bslzone.co.uk/ 

https://limpingchicken.com/ 

Social Media & Activists: 

https://twitter.com/jamesjoeboyle?s=08

https://twitter.com/thatdeafgirlkj?s=08 

https://twitter.com/paulntulila?s=08 

https://www.rubbena.com/ 

https://www.bslzone.co.uk/watch/close-up-series-1/close-up-3-kevin-buckle

Original music by Lyle Fulton. Artwork by Gibbs Ink.

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