"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 ...

British Sign Language (BSL) is set to gain formal recognition after MPs backed the proposal. A bill requiring public bodies to promote the language will now go to the House of Lords, as it continues ...

Rose Ayling-Ellis. who was the first deaf contestant on Strictly, wants free BSL lessons made available Actress Rose Ayling-Ellis wants sign language lessons to be made freely available to people who ...

Pupils and staff at Yardley Hastings Primary School are learning to communicate in a new way this term — through British Sign ...

A Mum is backing calls for the parents of deaf children to be given free access to British Sign Language (BSL) classes. So far, Sophie Lavers has raised more than £5,000 for lessons to learn to ...

Starting from the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year, a British Sign Language (BSL) class will be available to GCSE students (aged 15-16). The two-year BSL curriculum will include at least 750 ...

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 ...

A sign language law passed a decade ago has “brought significant benefits” to deaf people, a Holyrood committee has said, but ...

This week is Deaf Awareness Week, every year the event has a different theme and 2022’s theme is Deaf Inclusion. This year’s Deaf Awareness Week will highlight the impact of hearing loss on everyday ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

To mark Deaf Awareness Week last week a woman has launched her new sign language classes Babysign Bolton and Chorley. Louise Donlan who runs the Babysign Bolton and Chorley classes said: "My classes ...