Potential progress to have BSL as a GCSE?
Nick Gibb, the Minister of State for Schools, seems to have changed his mind slightly on there being a GCSE in British Sign Language.
Following...
N.Ireland – Needs of deaf community not taken into account
From the Irish News - Letters to the Editor. Published 22nd May 2018
We are in agreement with the contents of a letter from Arnold...
BDA Press Release: UN committee paves the way for a BSL Act
https://player.vimeo.com/video/231897644
UK Government needs to grant deaf people “the right to educated high-quality sign language interpretation”: leading UN committee paves the way for a British...
Scotland BSL National Plan Consultation
Members of the Scottish BSL National Advisory Group, students from Heriot Watt and other members of the Deaf community joined MSP's in the Scottish...
Deaf History March 22nd 1912
If you thought that campaigning and lobbying were recent additions to the BDA's portfolio, think again. On this day one hundred and five years...
Order! BSL question in the Commons
History was made in the House of Commons chamber at Westminster this week when Dawn Butler, MP for Brent, became the first Member of Parliament...
NI Election Hustings Report (BSL)
https://youtu.be/5lb1bzsDWA4
You Vote – You Decide
BDA Northern Ireland Election Hustings - 21st February 2017
Report by Majella McAteer & John Carberry
Northern Ireland are due to...
Deaf group raise third party data protection issues with local MP (BSL)
https://vimeo.com/202253935
Ruth Goode tells British Deaf News about a recent meeting with her groups local MP on the subject of deaf people communicating through a third party...
BDA Members Forum – York 2017 (BSL)
https://vimeo.com/201706846
Alexandra Shaw reports from the British Deaf Association (BDA) Members Forum held in York following the AGM on Saturday, January 28th 2017.
The Forum included sessions...
Memories of Nepal 2016 (BSL)
https://vimeo.com/195837912/84ef015a19
BDA Chair Dr Terry Riley visited Nepal late last year for the 111th World Federation of the Deaf (WFD) Board Meeting. This is his...
