“One can look away from sign language, but one cannot ignore speech. That is why speech is so much more powerful than sign languages.” I threw this quote into the mix while discussing speech with…
A college has decided to use AI generated BSL to promote the language. The only problem is… its all wrong! If anyone was to try and use some of these signs featured on these posters…
1792 was a year when the French had a lot on their hands – for there was a revolution and its king had been deposed. Those tumultuous times began in July 1789 with the Bastille…
Oh the Official Monster Raving Loony Party! But they don’t rant and rave like a certain POTUS! There’s the bizarre and then there’s the truly bizarre. As for the latter, it must be emphasized a…
Copernicus was wrong – like so many human aspirations are. On a lot of levels there is a great likelihood that humans could possibly never be right about anything. There is, for a start, no…
Evidently many in the hearing world think the Deaf have no integrity nor proper sense of being. Why? There are many historic reasons – and one of those could be down to a rarely explained…
This might seem quite an obtuse title, but in a sense it has already been answered in some ways on Deaf21. To be hearing is to be at the top tier of the heirachy scale….
Around 18 million UK adults are deaf or hearing loss (RNID). A June 2024 analysis says about 87,000 are British Sign Language (BSL) users. There are a number of dedicated courses and free signing practice groups for…
The Abbé de L’Épée is a revered figure in the history of the deaf. Presented here is a text from a popular French magazine published 100 years ago. The translation is straight off Google –…
Ridicule is a 1996 French film that features the Abbé de l’Épée. The film tells the story of the Abbé de Villecourt, played by Bernard Giraudeau. De Villecourt is an influential figure at the court of…