On 18 June, the Telegraph published a letter from RNID calling for the two main political parties to commit to providing a British Sign Language interpreter for the new Prime Minister’s first speech to the nation. Hundreds of supports joined our call, but our request was simply ignored by Number 10 Downing Street.
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Ford UK launches groundbreaking campaign in partnership with the British Deaf Association
Ford UK launches groundbreaking campaign in partnership with the British Deaf Association
Press Release: Scotland Census
Reliable new data points to an extraordinary 1.5 million UK citizens being able to sign in British Sign Language (BSL), following the release of an important report by National Records of Scotland (NRS).
British Deaf Association responds to gene therapy trial to treat deafness: “Deaf children are not broken; what they need most of all is access to sign language”
The British Deaf Association (BDA), the Deaf-led membership organisation which represents the c90,000-strong Deaf signing community in the UK, has responded to media reports of a British toddler, Opal Sandy, whose hearing has reportedly been restored after becoming the first person in the world to take part in a new gene therapy trial
In celebration of Deaf Awareness Week, the BDA launches a visual ‘BSL in Our Hands’ Handprint Petition and BSL Manifesto to support the future of BSL in the UK
In celebration of Deaf Awareness Week, the British Deaf Association (BDA) launches a visual ‘BSL in Our Hands’ Handprint Petition and BSL Manifesto to support the future of BSL in the UK.
BBC Morning Live chef and BBC See Hear presenter Yvonne Cobb to become Celebrity Ambassador for the BDA
The British Deaf Association (BDA) is pleased to announce Yvonne Cobb as their first Celebrity Ambassador.