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 ...

PRIMARY school headteachers are being urged to roll out sign language lessons to all of their pupils in a bid to improve standards. Debbie Reynolds, who runs the School of Sign, Blackburn, said that ...

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 ...