I'm not surprised that Talk Like Yoda Day exists. Over 40 years since his Star Wars debut (puppeteered and voiced by Frank Oz ...

The Great British Baking Show is breaking barriers this season with its first ever deaf contestant. 27-year-old Tasha Stones is a former ski instructor and current participation officer who enjoys ...

When Strictly Come Dancing crowned Rose Ayling-Ellis as its 2021 winner, nearly 12 million viewers watched history being made. Her win marked a turning point in UK media, reshaping how Deaf culture ...

The world’s leading humanoid robot, ASIMO, has recently learnt sign language. The news of this breakthrough came just as I completed Level 1 of British Sign Language (I dare say it took me longer to ...

British Sign Language Screen in Birmingham New Street. Credit: Network Rail. At the start of April touchscreens showing signed travel information was launched at eight Network Rail managed stations.

Studying physics is tough as it is, but if you’re deaf it can seem even harder as many of the terms don’t have sign language equivalents. Now the esoteric language of physics has been translated into ...

Medieval manuscript illustration of a man placing a ring on a woman’s finger. British Library Royal MS 6 E VI, fol. 104/Wiki Commons In February, Leicester Cathedral hosted a British Sign Language ...

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 ...

Brand-new show marks a significant step in children's TV as it launches on National British Sign Language (BSL) Day Tiny Tunes is the first CBeebies programme to feature deaf children on screen, ...