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Deaf News: Census of sign language interpreters show just 8 percent come from ethnic minorities

September 7, 2021 by

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Researchers have warned of a “danger” that sign language interpreting could become “further institutionalised as a white profession” if action […]

Deaf News: SignHealth “concerned that many Deaf people have not had their main language recorded properly in census”

January 31, 2013 by

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SignHealth, the healthcare charity for Deaf people, has said today that many Deaf people are shocked at the national census […]

Is the number of signers lower than previously thought? Census records 22,000 sign language users

January 30, 2013 by

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There has long been a debate about the number of Deaf people whose first or preferred language is sign language […]