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British Sign Language

British Sign Language (BSL) is the visual language used by profoundly Deaf people in the UK

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• - Contains an official statement on BSL.
  
• - Information and guides to BSL, signs, grammar and many other BSL topics.
  
• - The UK's largest Deaf organisation, and provider of Sign Language interpreting services and training.
  
• - Search engine for Sign Language and Deaf related subjects.
  
• - UK bookshop specialising in sign language and Deaf issues and products.
  
• - Information on an annual event in London, to promote and protect British Sign Language.
  
• - Scottish body for training and qualifying British Sign Language interpreters.
  
• - Includes .avi clips and links.
  
• - Sign language interpreting site from Maureen Glover, a professional BSL interpreter.
  
• - An animated, finger spelling alphabet of British Sign Language.
  
• - Promotes communication between deaf and hearing people, by offering nationally recognised assessments and accreditation in British Sign Language and other forms of communication used by deaf people.
  
• - The BDA is the UK's largest national organisation run by Deaf people, for Deaf people. The BDA widely promotes the use of BSL.
  
• - Guide to signing over four hundred common words in BSL, with animated GIFs and instructions on how to make each sign.
  
• - Interpreter Booking agency set up to tackle the need for professionally qualified people in the field of specialist communication in the UK.
  
• - Provides mobile phone packages aimed at BSL users who use large numbers of text messages to communicate.
  
• - Provide British Sign Language short notice interpreters, communication support workers, note takers, teacher of the deaf. Deaf Awareness Courses and Sign Language Education. Dedicated Job Club & Work Prep Programme.
  
• - Information on British Sign Language.
  
• - Dictionary of Christian BSL vocabulary seldom found in sign language manuals, or CD-ROMs.
  
• - Information, links and resources on British Sign Language (BSL) and deafness. Regularly updated news, notice board, and guest book with personal responses. fingerspelling keyboard, illustrated signs and section for schools.
  
• - A professional association encouraging good practice in Sign Language interpreting, and representing the profession in the UK. Includes information on membership, events, and professional development activities.
  
• - BSL dictionary, fingerspelling generator, discussion forum and links.
  
• - Resources for fingerspelling, baby sign, and tactile fingerspelling as used in the United Kingdom. Includes a fingerspelling translator.
  
• - Information about the project which produces BSL learning materials. The site includes some scanned resources.
  
• - BSL CD-roms, books and videos from a company based in Gloucestershire.
  
• - SignPost is a supplier of British Sign Language (BSL) services. This bi-lingual website has free BSL tutorials, signed daily news headlines and TV listings of signed programmes.
  
• - A Community website for Deaf people and interested Hearing people in Derby, Derbyshire
  
• - Resource site for DeafBlind people. Contains a section on BSL and has many BSL signs and graphics.
  
• - Offers a range of translation, interpretation and training services for service providers, to facilitate access for speakers of British Sign Language.
  
• - Guides for mountain biking, skiing, and other sports, conducted in BSL. Located in Verbier, Switzerland.
  
• - Dedicated to the promotion of the use of British Sign Language (BSL). Teaching pages with finger spelling, vocabulary, Multi channel signs. Also contains pages on deaf aware, deaf aids, and deaf poems.
  
• - Based in Bristol University, this centre specialises in Deaf studies and BSL
  
• - Edinburgh based charity supporting Deaf People.
  
• - An online glossary for BSL/English terminology used in art and design, using Quicktime and Windows Media Player videos.
  
• - BSL stamps and cancelled postcards from the first day of issue.
  
  

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