More than 50,000 have taken part in British Sign Language (BSL) lessons run by a Deaf and partially-sighted 15-year-old boy. Tyrese Dibba was born with CHARGE syndrome. Picture: Sense Tyrese Dibba, ...

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 ...

When I began my role as a university equality, diversity and inclusion consultant, I had only a surface-level understanding of British Sign Language (BSL) and the experiences of BSL users. I knew ...

A new service has launched to allow people to make 999 calls using British Sign Language (BSL) for the first time. The new service, 999 BSL, will allow deaf people to make emergency calls using an app ...

Not so long ago, deaf children were punished in the UK for using sign language in the classroom. Recounting his experience in the 1960s, one deaf person told one of my colleagues many years later: “I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Millions of people use sign language, but the methods of teaching this complex and subtle skill haven't evolved as quickly as ...

When Strictly Come Dancing crowned Rose Ayling-Ellis as its 2021 winner, nearly 12 million viewers watched history being made. Her win marked a turning point in UK media, reshaping how Deaf culture ...

Millions of people use sign language, but the methods of teaching this complex and subtle skill haven’t evolved as quickly as those for written and spoken languages. SLAIT School aims to change that ...