We look at the origins of name signs in deaf culture, including one recently assigned to Vice President Harris. Shortly after the 2020 presidential election, five women joined forces with a mission: ...

Your baby will hit many milestones in the first year, including recognizing their own name. This milestone in language development usually comes sometime between 4 and 9 months. But not all babies, ...

So, you want to learn sign language on a budget. You could be motivated by a desire to understand deaf friends better, communicate with relatives who are hard of hearing, or express yourself after ...

Communication is key to successful relationships; it’s almost cliche to say it at this point. But what if you used a language that was shared with only 0.22% of the UK? This is the reality facing deaf ...

Deaf Americans are picking a new name for President-elect Joe Biden, shorthand that would replace B-I-D-E-N in colloquial American Sign Language. But many have taken to social media this week to ...

One of the hallmarks of a Catholic school is what you don’t hear. More than a thousand students might be packed inside classrooms during the school day, but the sound of silence in the hallways is an ...

At Shine Night Walk, we believe everyone should be able to take part in the experience. That’s why we’ve created British Sign Language (BSL) translations of our on-the-day stage content. Here, you’ll ...

Even though Cameron Akitt grew up hard of hearing, for him British Sign Language is a second language. English is his first. An avid gamer, subtitles supplement what he hears, correcting things he may ...

Sir John Deane’s Sixth Form College in Northwich has partnered with the Deaf and Sensory Network (DSN) for a third year.

Not so long ago, deaf children were punished in the UK for using sign language in the classroom. Recounting his experience in the 1960s, one deaf person told one of my colleagues many years later: “I ...

In usual terms, describing an experience as a “waking nightmare” is a straightforwardly bad thing. But there’s nothing usual or straightforward about the Royal Court’s unsettling, enthralling Deaf ...