Submitted on Tuesday 8th December 2020
Rejected on Monday 14th December 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Teach British Sign Language in every Primary, Junior and Secondary School
Growing up as a CODA (a child of deaf adult/s), I have seen the struggle deaf people go through, on a daily basis. With 11 million deaf people in the UK and only 151,000 BSL users, you can imagine how difficult life can be when trying to communicate with anybody outside of their immediate circle.
Currently in our UK schools, we teach languages such as; French, Spanish and German. I feel we are seriously neglecting every deaf/hard of hearing person living among us. For some, even leaving the house is a challenge because they are confronted with people who don’t understand them and vice versa.
Even if you do not personally know anybody who is deaf, speak up for those who suffer immensely because we can change the future and deaf people will no longer have to feel so isolated!
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