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Hello, My name's Lucy and I used to be a learning support assistant to young adults with special educational needs. I used to sign to some of the students using Makaton, basic BSL and Signalong. I achieved a certificate in Signalong but would like to learn BSL to a high standard. I have now started a new job so it's hard to practice it with others. I'm based in Manchester.

Hi. My name is Martin, I'm 46 and I have decided to properly learn BSL. I had an accident and suffered a head trauma when I was 3 yrs old which resulted in me becoming completely deaf in my right ear. I struggled with my SSD for as long as I can remember. Although my other ear works perfect I struggled to hear conversations in noisy environments, so I became quite reliant on lip reading. I once had a friend at school who began to teach me fingerspelling, but we grew apart before I could learn more and never pursued it, so here I am now, you are never to old to learn something new! I hope that over the next couple of years that I will be able to learn enough to be able to use what I have learnt to help others in some way.

My name is Lilly I’m 16 and study to become a SEN T.A I’m have very basic BSL as Im partly deaf but haven’t learnt a lot. I hope to get better and develop good knowledge in BSL to help me become a T.A and be able to support lots of young children