Watch: The Essay – Sign Language is My Language

Five new perspectives on the experience of being deaf in 21st-century Britain.

The Essay – Sign Language through the Ages: Robert Adam—Sign Language Is My Language, Sign Language through the Ages (Robert Adam)
Robert Adam explores how British Sign Language survived being banned.
The Essay – Sign Language Is My Language: Tina Kelberman—Sign Language Is My Language, Tina Kelberman
Tina Kelberman on growing up in a Jewish household using British Sign Language.
The Essay – Sign Language Is My Language: Deepa Shastri—Sign Language Is My Language, Deepa Shastri
Deepa Shastri explores how the arts and sign language go hand-in-hand.
The Essay – Sign Language Is My Language: Robert Adam—Sign Language Is My Language, Robert Adam
Robert Adam asks, 'Who are the arbiters of British Sign Language?'
The Essay – Sign Language Is My Language: Christopher Laing—Sign Language Is My Language, Christopher Laing
Architect Christopher Laing on SignStrokes, a standardised sign language for architecture