Actress Rose Ayling-Ellis is calling for sign language lessons to be made freely available to those who need them - such as the parents and guardians of deaf children. The current funding for sign ...

"I was anxious and it was a really difficult time," says Amanda Webb, with her husband Paul, after their son Hayden was diagnosed as deaf "It's heart-breaking, because all you want to do is talk to ...

Rose Ayling-Ellis is calling for the families of deaf children to get free sign language lessons on the NHS. The actor and Strictly winner, 28, who is deaf herself, has launched a campaign – backed by ...

Big-hearted neighbours of a six-year-old deaf girl have rallied together so she can trick or treat for the first time. Ada Hawkes was diagnosed as profoundly deaf aged 18 months and British Sign ...

More than 50,000 have taken part in British Sign Language (BSL) lessons run by a Deaf and partially-sighted 15-year-old boy. Tyrese Dibba was born with CHARGE syndrome. Picture: Sense Tyrese Dibba, ...

A primary school in Suffolk has become one of the first in the country to add British Sign Language (BSL) to their curriculum. Staff at Elm Tree Primary Academy were inspired by one of their former ...

Sign Language (BSL) is to become a bigger part of our daily lives with more of an opportunity for all to learn it and, in turn, opening doors for deaf people. BSL will be introduced as a GCSE in ...

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