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Will and Power of Attorney Workshop

Will and Power of Attorney Workshop with BDA West Midlands and Leicester Deaf Action Group

Scottish BSL National Plan unveiled

Follow on from today’s Ministerial statement at the Scottish Parliament, an ambitious national plan for British Sign Language has been unveiled which will ensure deaf and deafblind BSL users are fully involved in all aspects of daily and public life.

Hate Crime Awareness Week 14-21 October

Hate Crime Awareness Week starts today and runs until the 21st October. Do not stay silent about hate crime. Be open and report it!

BDA Scotland welcomes new Dementia Officer

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BDA Scotland’s Avril Hepner chats to our new Access & Inclusion (Dementia) Officer, Lucy Clark, about her role within Scotland’s new 3 year Dementia project

Lib Dems call on Gov to take “immediate steps”

David Buxton at Lib Dem Autumn Conference

The Liberal Democrats have called upon the UK Government to urgently review its policies in regards to persons with disabilities and for them to take immediate steps to remedy failures highlighted by the United Nations Committee in August.

UN committee paves the way for a BSL Act

In a landmark moment for deaf people in the UK, the UK government has been told by a leading UN committee that it must “ensure that legislation provides for the right to educated high-quality sign language interpretation…in all spheres of life”, highlighting a key loophole in current UK law.

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