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Hello! I hope you found last month’s blog entry interesting! This month, I want to discuss whether Deaf BSL users can achieve high-level positions, and become directors, MPs or doctors, etc.
I would certainly say they can, as long as they’ve had good education and training. Recently, I saw a......more
Hello and welcome to my April blog post! I hope you read last month’s entry too!
This month, I’ll be looking at British Sign Language (BSL) and Sign Supported English (SSE). BSL is a comprehensive visual language with its own grammar and expressions. It tends to be......more
Hello and welcome to my March blog entry. This month I’ll be considering some of the frustrations that Deaf people face in a world that is simply not geared up for them, and I’ll be turning the tables to speculate on how things might be for hearing people in an......more
Deaf English and BSL(3 months, 1 week ago )Hello and welcome to my February blog post!
My latest topic is Deaf English and BSL (and SSE). ‘Deaf English’ refers to Deaf people’s written and spoken English skills. BSL – British Sign Language – is a visual-gestural language that relies heavily on facial expressions to convey emotions. SSE......more

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