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Deaf girl unable to access Frozen and Hex musicals as theatres offer limited captioned performances

February 1, 2022 by

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The mother of a Deaf nine-year-old has shared their experience of trying to attend accessible theatre performances during the coronavirus […]

BSL Act Now: Government supports British Sign Language Bill with ASL video

January 29, 2022 by

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The Department for Work and Pensions has come under fire for a video expressing its support for Rosie Cooper MP’s […]

BREAKING: British Sign Language (BSL) Bill passes second reading in Commons

January 28, 2022 by

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A Bill to recognise British Sign Language (BSL) as an official language moved one step closer to becoming law on […]

BSL Act Now: What does the British Sign Language Bill actually say?

January 27, 2022 by

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Parliamentary Bills aren’t the easiest thing to read as documents filled with complicated legal jargon. So, ahead of the British […]

Ofcom approves Sign Language Interactions as 999 BSL service provider

January 27, 2022 by

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Sign Language Interactions, who own the SignVideo service which helped set up BSL Health Access, has been approved as a […]

BSL Act Now: British Sign Language Bill published ahead of second reading in Commons

January 27, 2022 by

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Parliament has released the draft British Sign Language (BSL) Bill, introduced by Labour MP Rosie Cooper last year, ahead of […]

BSL Act Now: Rally to take place in Parliament Square next week as Bill receives second reading

January 21, 2022 by

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A rally is to take place in Parliament Square Gardens next Friday, when a Bill to officially recognise British Sign […]

NDCS ‘delighted’ as face masks will no longer be required in classrooms from Thursday

January 19, 2022 by

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Face coverings will no longer be required in classrooms from tomorrow, the Prime Minister has announced, in news which has […]

Calls for deaf pupils to receive ‘mitigation funding’ as they face ‘deeply unfair disadvantage’ over face masks

January 18, 2022 by

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The National Deaf Children’s Society has called for a ‘mitigation fund’ for schools to purchase extra support for deaf pupils […]

#WhereIsTheInterpreter to return to court as Cabinet Office contests compensation claims

January 16, 2022 by

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276 claims for compensation over the UK Government’s failure to provide a British Sign Language (BSL) interpreter for several coronavirus […]

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