Engaging with the Deaf Community

As with any language, you also need to interact with people in the culture to get the full experience. Along the same lines, as with any skill, if you don’t use it, you lose it!

One of the best ways to truly appreciate the beauty of Sign Language and gain a deep understanding of the impact of living in the Hearing world whilst Deaf is to get stuck in with your local Deaf community.

Here are some ideas for you to think about:

Deaf Groups

With any skill, it’s always best to practice, practice, practice! With languages in particular, it is one thing to learn vocabulary and sentence structures in…

Small Deaf Businesses

Whilst I have gathered many Deaf-led and Deaf-focused organisations, these tend to be charities and other larger business. However, smaller Deaf-ran businesses need some love…

National Deaf Events and BSL Performances

By being a visual language, BSL lends itself well to live performances, especially theatre and visual arts. It is quite a shame that Deaf and…

University Societies

Starting my BSL learning journey at University, I found comfort in joining my University’s Sign Language Society. Being with likeminded people, and meeting some other…