Accessibility laws ‘benefit everyone’
The European Accessibility Act has the potential to create new opportunities for European business but should avoid creating “barriers” to innovation, according to Helga...
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...
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...
Law change opens door to deaf jurors
I am very pleased that the Ministry of Justice has finally recognised the need to update the law to allow BSL/English interpreters in the...
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...
BDA reps first to give evidence at House of Lords in BSL
Dr Terry Riley and David Buxton tell select committee that Equality Act is not effective for Deaf people and recommend establishment of a BSL...
What impact will Brexit have on the Deaf community?
In the final part of his three part feature on Brexit, our legal expert Rob Wilks looks at a number of areas in which...
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...
Brexit: Are we facing the UK’s greatest constitutional crisis yet?
This is the second of three articles about Brexit. After describing how Brexit will be achieved and what problems are likely to be encountered...
Scottish Government seeks views from BSL users for Culture Strategy
In line with the BSL National Plan (Culture and the Arts, page 27, no. 58), the Scottish Government is seeking the view of BSL users to ensure that the Scottish Government’s new culture strategy recognises the value of BSL and Deaf Culture, and the contribution it makes to the health, wealth and success the people and communities of Scotland.
