Press Release: Scotland Census

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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”

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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