Ever since Rose Ayling-Ellis became the first deaf contestant to compete on Strictly Come Dancing, the number of people wanting to learn British Sign Language (BSL) has surged. Ayling-Ellis is often ...

So, you want to learn sign language on a budget. You could be motivated by a desire to understand deaf friends better, communicate with relatives who are hard of hearing, or express yourself after ...

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 ...

In this photo provided by Nissan on Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024, workers of Nissan's plant’s Paint Shop including John Johnson, foreground right and Michael Connolly, foreground, second left, pose for a ...

Elysia Shirley pledged to support deaf community after witnessing someone struggle to communicate with emergency services.

A deaf woman who learned how to drive while, at the same time, teaching her instructor sign language has spoken of her joy at passing her test. Sarah-Jade Walker was running a British Sign Language ...