New signs for deaf visitors at city aquarium

The displays have newly created sign language words for more than 80 marine animals.
BBC

BSL goes mainstream: the logical end?

Home > Opinion > BSL goes mainstream: the logical end? Caroline O'Neill Born in 1980, Caroline O'Neill is a freelance researcher/producer/writer. Deaf since the age of five, she says she wants to be ...
Yahoo News UK

How British Sign Language is rewriting the script on screen

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 ...
The Conversation

From jellyfish to basking shark, we’re developing 100 new signs to deepen deaf people’s connection with the ocean

For deaf people including schoolchildren, teachers and scientists, talking about marine species like the shortfin mako shark, loggerhead turtle and tiny phytoplankton usually means spelling out each ...
LBC

‘It will break down barriers and open doors’: British Sign Language to be introduced as GCSE in England from 2025

The qualification is set to be rolled out across schools from September 2025 and will be open to all pupils. It comes after BSL was officially recognised as a language in the UK in 2022 after the ...
BBC

Old Hands, New Tricks: How learning simple BSL can make a difference

It was this sentiment from actress and Strictly winner Rose Ayling-Ellis that drove her to make a new documentary for BBC One. Across two episodes of Old Hands, New Tricks, she and her team of BSL ...
BBC

Concern about young people's 'lack of access' to BSL in Scotland

More needs to be done to support young people in Scotland when it comes to sign language. That's according a committee which is part of the Scottish Parliament at Holyrood. A sign language law was ...