Charlotte Hyde

Award-Winning Accessibility Advocate

Hi, I’m Charlotte. I’m a moderately deaf freelance writer and accessibility advocate. I write regularly for The Limping Chicken – the world’s most popular deaf blog.

You can find my articles under the ‘Media’ tab at the top of this page.

I also tweet about my experiences as a deaf and disabled person. You can find a selection of my popular tweets at the bottom of this page.

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Latest from the Blog

Concentration Fatigue Thread – Unrolled

This is an unrolled version of my Twitter thread on tips for combating concentration fatigue. You can find the original thread here. I’ve been watching so many hearing people discover concentration fatigue for the first time over the quarantine. As a deaf person, here are my top tips: 1) Figure out your limits. I can’t…

5th May 2021

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Top Tweets

I've been watching so many hearing people discover concentration fatigue for the first time over the quarantine. As a deaf person, here are my top tips:

— Charlotte Hyde (@charlhyde) April 26, 2020

Hi abled people 👋

If you want to talk about concentration fatigue (or as you all call it, "zoom fatigue") please make sure you are talking to disabled people who experience it everyday.

We have all the tips in the world. You're new to this. Centre our experiences, please.

— Charlotte Hyde (@charlhyde) February 26, 2021

I'm getting a bit fed up of abled people tweeting that they're shocked at the video of the professor and the hard of hearing student. This sort of thing happens to disabled students every day. We need to start doing something about it instead.

— Charlotte Hyde (@charlhyde) February 20, 2021