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Sign language law has brought significant benefits to deaf people – committee

A sign language law passed a decade ago has “brought significant benefits” to deaf people, a Holyrood committee has said, but MSPs are “concerned” about a lack of access for young people. The British ...
Irish Central

Gaelic language close to collapse in Scotland

Kate Forbes, a Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) politician who speaks the language, has proposed a scheme that would potentially develop Gaelic-speaking housing estates to preserve the language.
The Conversation

For Gaelic to survive in Scotland, it’s not enough to learn it – more people need to use it in their daily lives

Launched to coincide with St Andrew’s Day this year on November 30, language app Duolingo’s Gaelic course attracted an impressive 103,000 active learners in its first two weeks – outstripping the ...
The Gazette

UWS PhD study explores sign language barriers in Virtual reality

Called virtual reality sign language (VRSL), the visual-spatial language system is being created by members of the deaf community to navigate the digital space, due to VR headsets ...