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British Sign Language (BSL) is set to gain formal recognition after MPs backed the proposal. A bill requiring public bodies to promote the language will now go to the House of Lords, as it continues ...

The lack of opportunities to learn BSL is not just a deaf issue; in fact, the survey found young people without hearing impairments were actually more interested in BSL. Over 90% of young people ...

Sense is inviting the UK public to “join a school like no other” with monthly British Sign Language lessons through a new subscription product, launching to coincide with Sign Language Week this week.

Big-hearted neighbours of a six-year-old deaf girl have rallied together so she can trick or treat for the first time. Ada Hawkes was diagnosed as profoundly deaf aged 18 months and British Sign ...

‘British Sign Language has been created and evolved through generations,’ explains online content creator, Sam Egerton-Kemp. ‘To see hearing people culturally appropriating our language on social ...

Sign language is a system of communication using visual gestures and signs used by deaf people who cannot, or only partially, hear sound. It is seen as being a natural language with its own grammar ...

Nearly 100,000 people have signed a petition set up by an 18-year-old calling for all schools to teach basic sign language. Jade Kilduff, 18, launched the campaign after seeing how sign language ...

This week is Deaf Awareness Week, every year the event has a different theme and 2022’s theme is Deaf Inclusion. This year’s Deaf Awareness Week will highlight the impact of hearing loss on everyday ...

Actress Rose Ayling-Ellis is calling for sign language lessons to be made freely available to those who need them - such as the parents and guardians of deaf children. The current funding for sign ...