Deaf cultures and Sign Languages of the world:
The United Kingdom (The United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Northern Ireland)

Created 10 April 2000, links updated monthly with the help of LinkAlarm.

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Flag: World flag database.
Map: Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection.

For a quick, interesting resource for facts about this and other countries,
try Mystic Planet - The New Age directory of Planet Earth.

Note: A flag next to a link shows what language the website is in. If it is followed by this icon: (video camera: This links to a video), it is a video in that spoken language. If it is followed by this icon: Sign Language icon, it is in the sign language of that country. If a globe is followed by this hands icon, there is an animated text in International Gesture.

Addiction and recovery Artistic interpreting: Music, poetry, literature, and theater Assistive living devices Blogs and vlogs Books on deafness
British Sign Language British Sign Language dictionaries CDs and videotapes Cochlear implants Cued Speech
DDA (Disabilities Discrimination Act) and Deaf rights Deaf advocacy and politics Deaf and social services Deafblind Deaf clubs
Deaf culture Deaf education Deaf events Deaf film Deaf health
Deaf history and current events Deaf humour Deaf interpreter Deaf literature Deaf oppression & liberation
Deaf painting and sculpture Deaf performing arts Deaf photography Deaf poetry Deaf sports & recreation
Deafness and the law Educational interpreting Ethics General interpreting issues Interpreter education
Interpreter registration Interpreting agencies and organizations Interpreting legislation (Educational, health sciences and legal) Machine interpretation or transcription Mailing lists
Oral and deafened people Organizations Periodicals Religion & Deafness Telly interpreting
Video interpreting

Addiction and recovery

Stained glass ballAA UK web portal.

Stained glass ballAlcohol concern. Drug education for young deaf people. This briefing is produced by the Drug and Alcohol Education and Prevention Team, a joint project of Alcohol Concern and DrugScope. It aims to provide guidance and support to practitioners working with young deaf people in delivering drug and alcohol education.

Artistic interpreting: Music, poetry, literature, and theater

stained glass bulletawstarbuck. (2006, June 7). Dancing queen for the deaf.UK flagSign Language iconStayed up late and left magic on by accident and have a clip of Abba's dancing queen for deaf people (However, even if i was deaf i would be too busy laughing to take in all the symbols!) Obviously someone loves her job A LITTLE TOO MUCH!

Stained glass ballpierreuk. (8 October 2006). Sign Language music.UK flagSign Language icon Its a late night on the Box which can only mean one thing, random sign language for deaf people on a music channel.

Stained glass ballSigned Performances in Theatre (SPIT).

Stained glass ballYouTube - zombiecoterie's Videos.UK flagSign Language icon

Assisitive living devices

Stained glass ballVeeSee is a global virtual deaf community platform and digital as well as satellite television channel. Our unique virtual online shop offers the deaf community exciting products and technical support devices and aids. All our online services provides deaf and hard of hearing people the opportunity communicate globally to each other and a chance to voice their social and entertainment needs.

Blogs & vlogs

Stained glass bulletDeafVIDEO.TV - BSL Videos.UK flagSign Language icon

Stained glass bulletSSE happens.

Stained glass bulletYouTube - jgjones's Videos.UK flagSign Language icon

Books on deafness

Stained glass bulletBranson, J. & Miller, D. (2002, June 5). Damned for their difference: The cultural construction of deaf people as disabled. Gallaudet University Press. ISBN-10: 1563681218, ISBN-13: 978-1563681219. Until the recent recognition of Deaf culture and the legitimacy of signed languages, majority societies around the world have classified Deaf people as "disabled", a term that separates all persons so designated from the mainstream in a disparaging way. Damned for their difference offers a well-founded explanation of how this discrimination came to be through a discursive exploration of the cultural, social, and historical contexts of these attitudes and behavior toward deaf people, especially in Great Britain.

Stained glass ballBritish Deaf KnowledgeBase. Books.

Stained glass ballDeaf Internet bookstore.

Stained glass ballForest Bookshop online. UK bookshop specialising in sign language and Deaf issues and products.

Monaghan, L, Nakamura, K., Schmaling, C. & Turner, G. H. (Eds.) (May 2003). Many ways to be Deaf: International variation in Deaf communities. Twenty-four international scholars have contributed their findings from studying Deaf communities in Japan, Thailand, Viet Nam, Taiwan, Russia, Sweden, Austria, Switzerland, Great Britain, Ireland, Nigeria, South Africa, Brazil, Nicaragua, and the United States. Sixteen chapters consider the various antecedents of each country1s native signed language, taking into account the historical background for their development and also the effects of foreign influences and changes in philosophies by the larger, dominant hearing societies. ISBN 1-56368-135-8

Stained glass ballRNID booklists.

Stained glass ballWylie-Black, G. UK flagSign Language icon

British Sign Language (About it and examples of it; see also dictionaries below)

BobsBlackwell.

Stained glass ballBristol City Council.

Services for Deaf people.

Stained glass ballBristol University - The Centre for Deaf Studies.

Stained glass ballBritish Deaf Association. Learn to sign.UK flagSign Language iconThe BDA is the UK's largest national organisation run by Deaf people, for Deaf people. The BDA widely promotes the use of BSL.

Stained glass ballBritish Sign Language. BSL dictionary, fingerspelling, spelling machine, discussion forum and links.

Stained glass ballBritish Sign Language: A language of the United Kingdom.

Stained glass ballBritishSignLanguage.com or alternate site.UK flagSign Language iconGuide to signing over four hundred common words in BSL, with animated GIFs and instructions on how to make each sign.

Stained glass ballThe British Sign Language/American Sign Language Translator computer program instantly translates any of 1,000 words between four languages--British Sign Language (video), American Sign Language (video), British English (text), and American English (text). Choose a word from the lists in either language or type it yourself, and the other three languages immediately appear. This is a great way for deaf people to learn a foreign sign language and the nuances between British and American English.

Stained glass ballbslactivist.UK flagSign Language icon

Stained glass ballBSL alphabet. An animated, fingerspelling alphabet of British Sign Language.

Stained glass ballBSL Tutor DVD Support Pack, Leicester Centre For Deaf People. Aimed at Deaf BSL Tutors and using two Deaf tutors to present the information, this pack is designed to help the tutor work with adult learners, plan and prepare for teaching, assess learning, record progress and achievement and also looks at Adult inspection. The CD-Rom contains blank forms and templates that the tutor can print out or modify for their own purposes.

Stained glass ballCity University. Early understanding of Sign phrases. Before children begin to sign they understand what signs mean. They respond to people signing familiar signs and phrases. Below are some examples of phrases.

Stained glass ballCleveland Sign Resource Project. Information about the project which produces BSL learning materials. The site includes some scanned resources.

Stained glass ballCollins, J. (1999, June 14). Teaching Sign Language to parents of deaf children.

Stained glass ballConrad, J. D. (2006, January 31). BSL vlog. How I learned BSL.UK flagSign Language icon

Stained glass ballCouncil for the Advancement of Communication with Deaf People.

Stained glass ballDAWN (Deaf Awareness West LothiaN) is a new group based in Whitburn, West Lothian that aims to promote British Sign Language (BSL) and enable members of both the Deaf and hearing communities to learn BSL and Deaf Awareness.

Stained glass ballDeafClub.co.uk. Search engine for Sign Language and Deaf related subjects.

Deaf resource UK is an information portal about the Deaf community, sign language and Deaf Studies. Inside the pages of Deafresource you will find examples of some of the best online resources available and links to the appropriate websites or organisations for more information. Deafresource is supported by University of Bristol Centre for Deaf Studies.

Stained glass ballDeafTODAY.

Stained glass ballDeafSign.com. Information, links and resources on British Sign Language (BSL) and deafness. Regularly updated news, notice board, and guest book with personal responses, fingerspelling keyboard, illustrated signs and section for schools.

Stained glass ball A discussion group for people committed to achieving BSL recognition through primary legislation in the UK. This forum is specifically for formulating policy as to why BSL recognition is needed, and for planning action as to how this can be achieved.

Stained glass ballDeafworks. Webmaster: I have attended their classes myself in the summer, and they were excellent in every way!

Stained glass ballDeuchar, M. (1984) Routledge (Import). ISBN: 0710096437.

Stained glass ballEUDeaf 2003 (British Sign Language).UK flagSign Language iconA site offering films in various sign languages (here BSL is used), explaining the organization, its structure, and its goals.

Stained glass ballFingeralphabet Großbritannien (British fingerspelling).

Stained glass ballFulham Deaf Football Club BSL News. UK flagSign Language icon

Stained glass ballgwallgofi.UK flagSign Language iconcreated by an ever so *slightly* crazed welsh loony living in ireland named JGJones. prefer to communicate in sign language. no apologises are made for the extremely unfunny posts. they all are funny at least for me and thus i'm happy.

Stained glass ballHarrison, R. (1982). Computer representation of Deaf Sign Language. PDF file. A compact system for recording and transmitting messages in Sign will help to alleviate the disadvantages suffered by profoundly deaf children and support an improved cultural environment for deaf adults. This paper proposes that a microprocessor-based system can provide a solution to this need and describes a prototype implementation.

Stained glass ballHow To Insult Someone Using British Sign Language - Gadling.UK flagSign Language icon

Stained glass ball -->International bibliography of sign language. --> Click on appropriate initial letter, then on "British Sign Language", "BSL-dictionary", or "Welsh Sign Language".

Stained glass balljgjones videos.UK flagSign Language icon

Stained glass ballKennaway, R. (18-20 April 2001). Synthetic animation of Deaf Signing gestures (Abstract).

Stained glass ballLearnBSL.org.UK flagSign Language iconA virtual guide to British Sign Language for young deaf children, their families, teachers and carers. Excellent BSL animations.

Stained glass ballMicroBooks.org. Sign Language products. Extensive list of products. UK flagSign Language icon

Stained glass ballMobil Sign. The University of Bristol's Centre for Deaf Studies last week launched what it called the world's first sign language dictionary available from a mobile phone. Mobilesign.org contains over 5,000 British Sign Language signs and is specially designed with a simple interface for mobile phone displays. Users type in the word they wish to see or choose from an alphabetical list. To avoid unnecessary fees, signs do not appear until users ask for a download. "It will be of great value to students of sign language and to parents," said sign language lecturer Linda Day, "who just need that sign at that moment in time."

Stained glass ballOld Kentish Sign Language: A language of United Kingdom.

Stained glass ballO'Regan, D. Student life: Learning to sign.

Stained glass ballRNID booklist - British Sign Language.

Stained glass ballScottish Council on Deafness.UK flagSign Language icon

Stained glass ballSHD's videos.UK flagSign Language icon

Stained glass ballSignAcademy.org.

Stained glass ballSign communique. BSL CD-roms, books and videos from a company based in Gloucestershire.

Stained glass ballSignCommunity. Click on "Language." (you can skip the BSL text by clicking on "Skip to Menu"), then "UK Wide", then "Community Advocacy."UK flagSign Language icon

Stained glass ballSigning at UEA. The reseach uses avatar technology to communicate in sign language. The ViSiCAST Project (2000-2002) is now complete. The eSign Project (Essential Sign Language Information on Government Networks) seeks to extend that work, enabling deaf people's integration into a key component of tomorrow's information society, eGovernment.

Stained glass ballThe Sign Language People. Our range of Sign Language teaching video tapes has proved to be extremely popular with students of British Sign Language whether learning at home or on a College course. We also have a range of Shakespeare's plays, filmed on location in Wales with some of Britain's finest Deaf actors.

Stained glass ballSIGNMatters is the leading monthly magazine for the British Sign Language community. Every month the magazine is packed with news stories from around the world, interviews with Deaf people, features on topics of interest to the Deaf and Sign Language community, theatre and website reviews, word searches, letter codes and many more. We have columnists from the CODA (Child Of Deaf Adults) and Usher communities as well as articles by Deaf Sign Language users. BDA developments are reported on, and any other developments in the Sign Language community.

Stained glass ballSignPost BSL.UK flagSign Language iconSignPost is a supplier of British Sign Language (BSL) services. This bi-lingual website has free BSL tutorials, signed daily news headlines and TV listings of signed programmes.

Stained glass ballSignWriting in UK.

Stained glass ballThis is the two handed manual alphabet for sighted Deaf people.UK flagSign Language icon

British Sign Language dictionaries

Stained glass ballArtSigns: An online glossary for BSL.UK flagSign Language icon An online glossary for BSL/English terminology used in art and design, using Quicktime and Windows Media Player videos. Webmaster: Absolutely fascinating and very extensive. Much, much more vocabulary than just signs for art!

Stained glass ballBar-Tzur, D. Indigenous signs for cities: England.

stained glass bulletDictionaryOfSign.com. British Sign Language.

Stained glass ballEngineeringSigns.UK flagSign Language iconThe online BSL/English glossary for engineering and the built environment.

Stained glass ballHands Together - British religious signs.UK flagSign Language icon

Stained glass ballJustCommunication.com.UK flagSign Language icon

Stained glass ballScienceSigns.UK flagSign Language iconThe online BSL/English glossary for science education.

Stained glass ballSignPuddle.

Stained glass ballVitaal.Denhaag.org. Het Brits Handalfabet. British fingerspelling.

CDs and videotapes

Stained glass ballBSL Tutor DVD Support Pack, Leicester Centre For Deaf People. Aimed at Deaf BSL Tutors and using two Deaf tutors to present the information, this pack is designed to help the tutor work with adult learners, plan and prepare for teaching, assess learning, record progress and achievement and also looks at Adult inspection. The CD-Rom contains blank forms and templates that the tutor can print out or modify for their own purposes.

Cochlear implants

Stained glass ballCICS Group was formed to help others whose children already have implants and those who are thinking about an implant for their child. Professionals can give you medical, technical, and practical information as well as advice about cochlear implants, but they do not live with the children twenty-four hours a day, and cannot provide the emotional support that other parents can. In the areas of living with, and bringing up children who have cochlear implants, the parents are the professionals. Members share their first-hand experience of the issues that surround life with an implanted child to provide a vital part of the pre and post implantation process - support for parents by parents.

Stained glass ballThe National Cochlear Implant Users Association is the Association that represents all Cochlear Implant users in the United Kingdom. It is open to all implant users, their family and friends. Our constitution states our objective as "The relief of persons who are deaf or have a hearing loss and to provide practical support to their families and friends and, in particular, to advance public education in the use and benefits of cochlear implants and the provision of education in cochlear implants, rehabilitation, aftercare and appropriate educational opportunities for child users". This summarises in one long sentence what are probably six specific aims.

Cued Speech

Stained glass ballCued speech: Complete spoken language through vision.

Stained glass ballThe Cued Speech Association UK is a charity which was established to promote, maintain and advance education in Cued Speech in the United Kingdom for use with and among deaf and hearing-impaired children and adults.

DDA (Disabilities Discrimination Act) and Deaf rights

Stained glass ballThe British Association of Teachers of the Deaf. Reasonable adjustments.

Stained glass ballBritish Deaf Association - Sign Community. The BDA is the UK's largest national organisation run by Deaf people, for Deaf people. The BDA widely promotes the use of BSL.UK flagSign Language icon Click on "Action".

Stained glass balldeaf4life. Disability discrimination forum.

Stained glass ballDeafTODAY.

Stained glass ballDirectgov. Your rights.

Stained glass ballThe Disability Discrimination Act (DDA). Find out about the legislation that is in place to promote civil rights for disabled people and protect disabled people from discrimination.

Stained glass ballThe Disability Rights Commission.

Stained glass ballThe Office of Public Sector Information.

Stained glass ballUniversity of Bristol. Disability Discrimination Act (as amended by the Special Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001).

Stained glass ballWilliamson, J. Disability Discrimination Act 1995.

Deaf advocacy and politics

Stained glass ballBBC News. (2002, October 25). Deaf protesters gather for Briton in India. Deaf people from across the country gathered in London on Friday to campaign for the release of a British activist for the deaf imprisoned in India.

Stained glass ballbslactivist.UK flagSign Language icon

Stained glass ballBSL glossary.UK flagSign Language iconDefinitions for art terms in English and BSL. ArtSigns in the BSL dictionary section shows how to express art concepts with a sign or short sign phrase, this web set presents mini-lectures on art concepts.

Stained glass ballBSL march 2003.

Stained glass ballCounty Durham Equal Access Forum. Co.deaf (County Durham Equal Access Forum) is a newly formed organisation, which operates in County Durham, working towards equality of access for all people in the county with different types of hearing loss to meet their needs.

Stained glass ballDeaf Action, formerly known as the Edinburgh & East of Scotland Deaf Society, is a long established (since 1835) voluntary organisation and registered charity providing a range of services to deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing people, their families and carers. It is managed by an elected Executive Council of whom at least 51% must themselves be deaf. Working primarily in the areas of Edinburgh, East Lothian, West Lothian and Midlothian, but also providing services in areas further afield (eg. Borders, Fife, Falkirk and Highland) its staff work to enhance the quality of life of deaf people and raise society's awareness of their needs in partnership with a range of authorities, organisations, communities and individuals.

Stained glass ball A discussion group for people committed to acheiving BSL recognition through primary legislation in the UK. This forum is specifically for formulating policy as to why BSL recognition is needed, and for planning action as to how this can be achieved.

Stained glass ballThe Kite Flyer (UNICEF). Afghanistan appeal: Deaf children's sign of sympathy. A downloadable .pdf file.

Stained glass ballRemark! Access. Offers a range of translation, interpretation and training services for service providers, to facilitate access for speakers of British Sign Language.

Stained glass ballSignCommunity. Click on "Community" (you can skip the BSL text by clicking on "Skip to Menu"), then "UK Wide", then "Community Advocacy."UK flagSign Language icon

stained glass balltentcityuk. (19 October 2006). Letter from UK to Board of Trustees. Translation of letter to Board of Trustees at Gallaudet from concerned British people.

Deaf and social services

Stained glass ballBritish Deaf KnowledgeBase. Centres for the Deaf and Social Services Offices.

Hands That Talk was set up in early 2000 as a direct response to the enormous gap in provision for those people in our community who are either deaf or have some form of hearing impairment. It is a Registered Charity, peopled by volunteers from all sections of the community and, since its establishment, and has grown to be the largest Deaf Community in Northern Ireland and the second largest in all Ireland.

Deafblind

Deaf clubs

Stained glass ballBritish Deaf KnowledgeBase. Independent associations.

Stained glass ballNorfolk Deaf Association.

Stained glass ballNorth Wales Deaf Association.

Stained glass ballNottinghamshire Deaf Society.

Stained glass ballRedditch Deaf Club. Dedicated to the promotion of the use of British Sign Language (BSL). Also over 70 teaching pages with finger spelling, vocabulary, Multi channel signs. Also contains pages on deaf aware, deaf aids, sign songs and deaf poems.

Stained glass ballTorbay Deaf Club.

Stained glass ballWalthamstow Deaf Club.

Deaf culture

Stained glass ballBristol University - The Centre for Deaf Studies.

Stained glass ballCentre for Deaf Studies or alternate site.UK flagSign Language icon Based in Bristol University, this centre specialises in Deaf studies and BSL. It is Europe's only academic institution that concentrates solely on research and education that aims to benefit the deaf community.

Stained glass ballCity University. Sign Language and Deaf Studies Research Group.

Stained glass ballCurrent TV UK // The Current Scene // Deaf Raves.

Stained glass ballDavis, L. J. (1999). Shall I say a kiss?: The courtship letters of a Deaf couple, 1936-1938. Upon the death of his father, the author of this fascinating book discovered a trove of letters written by his parents during their courtship. Shall I Say a Kiss? opens a window into the lives of two working-class, Jewish, British, Deaf people in the 1930s. The book reveals a journal-like account of the "lived" experience of Deaf people during the tumultuous times just prior to World War II.

Stained glass ballDeafClub.co.uk.

Stained glass ballDeafOK.com is designed to help alleviate the isolation and loneliness felt by many Deaf people and their families, as I know what it feels like from personal experience in the real world. It is the aim for Deafok.com to be very accessible and easy to use for people to get information. The pages in Deafok.com will give Deaf people information they ought to know about "Deaf Life"!

Deaf resource UK is an information portal about the Deaf community, sign language and Deaf Studies. Inside the pages of Deafresource you will find examples of some of the best online resources available and links to the appropriate websites or organisations for more information. Deafresource is supported by University of Bristol Centre for Deaf Studies.

Stained glass ballDeafTODAY. (2005, February 14). How we view being deaf. One of the biggest difficulties in writing this column is trying to bridge the gulf between those who see sign language as the solution to all our problems and others who prefer the term 'hearing impaired' and want to make use of modern means of amplification such as hearing aids and cochlear implants.

Stained glass ball DEAF-UK is a Email Group for Deaf people in United Kingdom. Deaf-UK was created in August 1998 by John Savva. It is free to join! Deaf-UK has become a valued part of the Deaf Community, and now has over 1,000 members. It is very much owned by the UK's Deaf Community. Discussion on this list is about Deaf issues.

Stained glass ballJournal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education.

Stained glass ballLadd, P. (2001, July 12-14). In search of Deafhood. ISBN: 1-85359-545-4. The book assesses the concepts of culture and applies these to Deaf communities. The author illustrates the pitfalls which have been created for those communities by the medical concept of "Deafhood", a process by which every Deaf person implicitly explains their existence in the world. Paddy Ladd lectures in Deaf Cultural Studies at the University of Bristol's Centre for Deaf Studies. He previously held the Powrie V. Doctor Chair in Deaf Studies at Gallaudet University.

Stained glass ballMicrobooks. British Deaf KnowledgeBase. Welcome to Microbooks dKb - the premier FREE knowledgebase at the heart of UKs Deaf World. We have provided you with the Deafknowledgebase on CD to enable direct access to useful information on Clubs, Organisations, Education, Resources, Contacts, Links, etc.

Stained glass ballMills, M. (9 April 2002). I'm happy my child is deaf. Many are horrified by a US couple deliberately choosing to have deaf children. Here, Sharon Ridgeway, who is the deaf mother of a deaf child, sympathises with their decision.

Stained glass ballMiss Deaf UK.

Stained glass ballRNID booklist - Deaf culture and history.

Stained glass ballSee Hear. The weekly magazine programme for deaf and hard of hearing people, produced in sign language with open subtitles.

Stained glass ballVeeSee is a global virtual deaf community platform and digital as well as satellite television channel. Our unique virtual online shop offers the deaf community exciting products and technical support devices and aids. All our online services provides deaf and hard of hearing people the opportunity communicate globally to each other and a chance to voice their social and entertainment needs.

Deaf education

Stained glass ballBristol University - The Centre for Deaf Studies.

Stained glass ballThe British Association of Teachers of the Deaf (BATOD) was formed in 1977 by the amalgamation of The National College of Teachers of the Deaf (NCTD) and the Society of Teachers of the Deaf (STD). BATOD is the ONLY Association representing the interests of teachers of deaf children and young people in the United Kingdom. It includes in its membership representatives from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales and from all the many branches of the profession as well as colleagues from overseas.

Stained glass ballCollins, J. (14 June 1999). Teaching Sign Language to parents of deaf children.

Stained glass ballDeaf and creative. This web site is aimed at young d/Deaf people who have nearly finished school or college and are thinking about what to do next. It is also for university students and graduates. There is information about going to university, getting a job, starting a business, doing further qualifications, getting funding and it has job vacancies.

Stained glass ballDeaf@x. The Deafax vision is a world where deaf children, young people and adults acquire the necessary communication and literacy skills to enable them to participate fully in everyday life.

Stained glass ballDeaf Camp UK. The organisation's aim is to provide opportunities for young deaf children to take part in a multi-activity camp. Activities can include abseiling, climbing, orienteering, air rifling, archery to name but a few. It also aims to enable the young deaf child to meet other deaf children, to gain confidence and develop newfound skills in the great outdoors.

Stained glass ballDeafClub.co.uk. Search engine for Sign Language and Deaf related subjects.

Stained glass ballDeafOK. Education. List of schools.

Stained glass ballDeafTODAY.

Stained glass ballDerby College for Deaf People.

Stained glass ballDoncaster School for the Deaf and Doncaster College for the Deaf.

Stained glass ballEENET. ¿Educación para todos los niños sordos para el 2015?

Stained glass ballIndependent Panel for Special Education Advice (IPSEA): case law. 'Case law' is the law which is developed by the courts as they make their judgements on cases brought to them by parents who believe that either the LEA or the Secretary of State for Education is failing to fulfil their legal duties, or that the Special Educational Needs Tribunal has made an 'error in law' in judging their appeal. Not all judgements have implications for other children. The ones summarised here do, however, and IPSEA uses them regularly as part of our advice to parents.

Stained glass ballJones, J. G. Bilingual Education in BSL and English.UK flagSign Language icon

Stained glass ballJournal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education.

Stained glass ballMary Hare Schools.

Stained glass bulletNational Deaf Children's Society is democratically organised and managed by an elected Management Committee. It remains, to this day, an organisation of families, parents and carers, providing emotional and practical support through a unique Freephone helpline and a network of trained Regional Officers, Family Support Workers and Family Officers.

Stained glass ballNorthern Counties School for the Deaf.

Stained glass ballRoyal School for Deaf Children, Margate.

Stained glass ballRoyal School for the Deaf and Communication Disorders.

Stained glass ballRoyal School for the Deaf, Derby.

Stained glass ballRoyal West of England Residential School for the Deaf.

Stained glass ballSt. John's Catholic School for the Deaf.

Stained glass ballScottish Association of Sign Language Interpreters. Calendar.

Stained glass ballSignCommunity.UK flagSign Language icon Click on "Action" (you can skip the BSL text by clicking on "Skip to Menu"), then "Bilingual Education."

Stained glass ballSpecial Educational Needs and Disability Act 2001.

Stained glass ballWest, D. (2000, June). Information Access for Deaf People Project, Final Report.

Stained glass ballWestgate College for Deaf People.

Deaf events

Stained glass ballBexley Deaf Club. Special events.

Stained glass ballBritish Association of Teachers of the Deaf. Calendar and coming events.

Stained glass ballBritish Deaf Association - Sign Community.UK flagSign Language iconThe BDA is the UK's largest national organisation run by Deaf people, for Deaf people. The BDA widely promotes the use of BSL. Click on "Events".

Stained glass balldeaf4life. Deaf events forum.

Stained glass ballDeafOK. Social events.

Stained glass ball An announcement list for Deaf professional events.

Stained glass ball An announcement list for deaf events or deaf accessible events - in deaf people's free time. eg parties for deaf people, Deaf Balls, interpreted theatre performances, subtitled cinema etc

Stained glass ball Deaf Sports Events arises around in UK to get people to come to watch, meeting up friends to chat up while the games is playing. Also can advertise to ask people to join sports to play at deaf events.

Stained glass ballSignCommunity. Events.

Stained glass ballUK Council on Deafness. Events.

Deaf film

Stained glass ballBBC - Film Network - A Deaf Person's Guide to the Sound Sensitive. Synopsis: Deaf-awareness training is turned on its head as a deaf scientist leads us through identification, care and stimulation of 'The Sound Sensitive'. Short fact: This was my first crack at making a short film and I loved every sweaty stressful minute of it. My aim was to allow deaf people the opportunity to poke and prod us hearing people for a change, and to allow us to see ourselves through their eyes.

Stained glass ballDeaf Focus Film Festival. The Festival is hosted by the Filmhouse, Edinburgh, and presents an international panorama of short films and animations. Through a combined programme of quality deaf and hearing-made films, it aims to bring directors, producers and distributors from both communities into direct contact with one another, hopefully forging lasting and fruitful creative connections.

Stained glass ballRemark! Films. There has been an increase in deaf film makers in the recent few years, Remark! Films are here to support deaf film makers achieve their dreams by turning them into reality. Remark! Films intends to open the door for deaf film makers.

Stained glass ballSign Language cinema. Sign Language Cinema was a showcase of the very best in deaf moving-image culture. The event consisted of four diverse programmes screened over four weekends in February 2006. The screenings took place at the Filmhouse Edinburgh and the Glasgow Film Theatre.

Stained glass ballVision Film Festival (2003).

Stained glass ballwww.disabilityfilms.co.uk. [These are hearing films with a major d/Deaf character. Click the link for cast names, synopses and reviews.]

Deaf health

Stained glass ballBritish Association of Teachers of the Deaf. Articles/Mental health and self-esteem.

Stained glass ballBritish Society for Mental Health and Deafness (BSMHD) is the society for the promotion of the positive mental health of deaf people in Britain. The main activities of the society are to co-ordinate a series of open meetings held at venues across the country to which members are given access to examples of innovative developments. A Bi-monthly news bulletin providing information and promoting knowledge of the services available and of latest research in the field and supplemented by regular email updates. An Annual Conference showcasing examples of good practice from across the country. A website as a central point of information for all matters relating to mental health and deafness. BSMHD also supports the Healthy Deaf Minds meetings in London.

Stained glass ballDeafTODAY.

Stained glass ballModernising hearing aid services.

Stained glass ballReaching Deaf MindsUK flagSign Language icon is a key part of Sign's work to make health and social care providers aware of the need to promote positive mental health for all d/Deaf people, parent/carers, educators and employers. Reaching Deaf Minds aims to enable d/Deaf people to gain access to appropriate primary care services, so from the onset, they are less likely to feel distressed and isolated, and therefore, at less risk of developing mental health problems.

Stained glass ballSound Seekers, aka Commonwealth Society for Deaf Charity. Our Mission: "Sound Seekers works in partnership with developing countries in the Commonwealth to increase awareness of, and assist in, the prevention and treatment of deafness among children." More than 120 million people across the world - half of whom are children - suffer from preventable hearing impairment. In developing countries, these people often have no access to basic hearing assessment, treatment, medicines or even transport to what limited facilities there are. The first contact they might have with medical or audiological specialists is often provided by Sound Seekers.

Stained glass ball(2002, January 10). Videophones to Link Deaf, Interpreters and Health Professionals. A new remote sign language interpretation service which uses a network of videophones to provide interpretation services in consultations between health professionals and deaf people, has been launched by the Leicester Centre for Deaf People.

Stained glass ballWaiting to hear?

Deaf history and current events

Stained glass ballBBC News.

Stained glass ballBritish Deaf Association - Sign Community.UK flagSign Language icon The BDA is the UK's largest national organisation run by Deaf people, for Deaf people. The BDA widely promotes the use of BSL. Click on "News".

Stained glass ballBritish Deaf History Society.

Stained glass balldeaf4life. Deaf history forum.

Stained glass ballDeafOK. World News.

Stained glass ballDeafSign.com - News.

Stained glass ballDeafstation is an information resource and news service for deaf people in British Sign Language (BSL). Deafstation was created as part of the WISDOM project and is supported by University of Bristol Centre for Deaf Studies.

Stained glass ballDeafTODAY.

Stained glass ballEdinburghNews.com. (2005, February 9). Futuristic home for Donaldson's. The first images of a futuristic new home for Donaldson's College have been unveiled... The deaf college plans to move there when its leaves its A-listed home in the west of the city. The state-of-the-art new school, which will be home to 75 pupils and dozens of staff, features a swimming pool and games hall and residential accommodation for pupils who live outside the Central Belt.

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Stained glass ballRee, J. I see a voice: Deafness, language and the senses Ð A philosophical history. ISBN: 0-8050-625-56. The human voice is personal, traditionally considered an expression of the innermost self. But what of those who have no voice of their own and cannot hear the voices of others? In this unique historical narrative, Jonathan Ree tells the astonishing story of the deaf, from the sixteenth century to the present. Ree explores the great debates about deafness between those who believed the deaf should be made to speak and those who advocated non-oral communication. He traces the botched attempts to make language visible, through such exotic methods as picture writing, manual spellings, and vocal photography. He also charts the tortuous progress and final recognition of sign systems as natural languages in their own right.

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Stained glass ballBennet, S. (2002). Deaf in the afternoon: Steve Day.

Stained glass ballHodson, L. (1999). Cartoons and comic strips on Deaf humour. Well known to many British Deaf News readers, Len Hodson's cartoons and comic strips are here collected into one volume. They take a humorous look at Deaf Issues and 'Deaf' situations; including as subject matter Deaf culture, television subtitles, hearing aids, cochlear implants, hearing dogs for the Deaf, interpreters, education, BSL classes and many more.

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Stained glass ballSwinbourne, C. Four Deaf Yorkshiremen.UK flag,UK flagSign Language iconHow hard was growing up deaf? In this comedy sketch, four old deaf men try to tell the worst story about their childhood - and there's ten pounds on the table for the 'winner!'The film was inspired by the classic 'Four Yorkshiremen' sketch made famous by Monty Python, but with a new script for a deaf cast. Written and directed by Charlie Swinbourne, made in association with Remark Production.

Stained glass ballYouTube - SirDavidHay's Channel.UK flag,UK flagSign Language iconWhen Chris the Nerd confesses to his mate that he has never been with a girl it sets off a disasterous plan to get his first succesful lay! Never trust an interpreter is a story of what can go wrong when you enlist the help of your