Communication...
Below are our articles on the subject of Communication. If you can't see what you are looking for our other categories are displayed on the left under 'Our Quick Links'...
Holidays With a Difference: Signed Cruises
Although some people who are deaf, hard of hearing, or reliant on sign language, will never consider taking any other holiday than the one that...
How Much Do Courts Spend on Sign Language
For a fair, open and accountable justice system, all people must be able to understand what is being said, regardless of which language they...
How to Communicate with Deaf People
Communicating with deaf people does not pose as many problems as a lot of people think. Once the barrier of speech has been overcome most hearing people realise that...
How to Convey Emotion
One of the hardest things for non speakers of British Sign Language to grasp is how to convey emotion when using the language. It is easy to see how individual words are...
Lip Reading
After sign language lip reading is one of the most common ways for deaf people to communicate. The obvious problem with lip reading is that it is not a complete...
My Signing Experiences as a Deaf Person: A Case Study
Tanya has been deaf from birth and grew up using sign language. Her whole family could communicate via sign language as well, so life at home was...
Nicaraguan Sign Language Created by Children
Children based in Nicaragua have developed a new type of sign language over the past 30 years.
The children who have helped create this new...
Prisons' Use of Sign Language
The use of sign language in prisons is a twofold story with two diametrically opposed sides. One use of sign language is for the greater good and the other for the...
Sign Language Among Scuba Divers
Although deaf people need to be able to communicate, and sign language gives them the perfect chance to do this, there are some groups for whom the need to...
Sign Language and Public Services
It becomes more difficult for public services to be delivered in sign language because so many times when there are public services which are audio-based rather than...
Sign Language in Religious Communities
Although most people associate sign language with deaf people there are other communities of people who can hear who use it too. The most obvious...
Sign Language in the Workplace
Thankfully employers are now taking equality issues more seriously and many now have equal opportunity policies and must demonstrate that those with recognised...
Story Telling in Sign Language
Sign language can be an extremely creative way to communicate – after all it combines language, gesture and facial expressions – and so, it does seem only natural...
The American Sign Language Bill and its Repercussions
The most recent big news regarding sign language in the USA is that the state of Virginia has voted to give the language equal footing with...
Use of Sign Language in the Police Force
Naturally, the police come into contact with people from all walks of life when they are investigating crimes, reports of crimes and interviewing...
Use of Signs in Hearing Communities
It is not only those who have lost their ability to hear that use signs and signed languages to communicate as many people who have perfect hearing frequently use...
Using Sign Language for Work
Schoolchildren are taught from an early age that learning a language at school may well stand them in good stead when they enter the world of work. They are not told...
Using the Internet to Learn Sign Language
Foreign languages have always been able to be learnt by using tapes and other audio equipment. This relatively low tech equipment meant that...
Written Forms of Sign Language
Sign language is fundamentally different to spoken language in almost every single way. This means that when people think of sign language, they do not think about...
