Make British Sign Language part of the national curriculum.

Pupils should be taught British Sign Language up until GCSE. dDeaflinks Staffordshire is bewildered by society continuing to accept the oppression of the deaf by labeling them as disabled because the hearing can't sign.

This petition closed on 6 Nov 2019 with 1,418 signatures


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