Deaf Awareness Week 2010
Deaf Awareness week was 28th June – 4th July 2010
Welcome to coHearentVision’s Deaf Awareness Week web page.
We have lots of information on the webpage that will help you communicate with Deaf and Hard of Hearing people.
We hope you enjoy learning, if you are bitten by the bug and want to learn more then there are contact details at the bottom of the page.
Hope you had a great Deaf Awareness Week!
Link to 10 bsl signs for Medical staff page
Link to 11 bsl signs for retail page
Link to Grammatical Structure of Sign Language page
Link to how to provide a great service to hard of hearing people page
Interesting facts about British Sign Language
- There are approximately 70,000 people in Britain who use British Sign Language as their first language.
- British Sign Language was first recognised as a Language in 2003.
- Each county has its own Sign Language, it is not universal.
- Sign language is the 5th most widely used language in the UK.
- There are 5,000 signs in British Sign Language, but they can be combined to produce infinite variations.
- Facial expressions are equally as important as hand movements in British Sign Language.
This page was created on: May 12, 2010 and last modified on August 27th, 2010 at 11:40.
