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Hello Everyone, my name is David and I have recently started the BSL course online. I have progressive hearing loss and at present wear hearing aids in both my ears, my early life was in the Royal Artillery and I also play the saxophone (no surprises why I'm losing my hearing!). As I have been informed that I will continue to lose my ability to hear I thought I best start learning BSL now. My daughter is learning with me, so hopefully we'll be able to help each other along and practice what we learn. Looking forward to learning everything I can from you all!

Hi am brand new to BSL and came into it from a strange way, my husband lost his sight in 2014 through illness and although he couldn't see anything he was still able to participate in all conversations and was still able to feel somewhat included in things going on. He unfortunately passed away in 2020 and I have been at a bit of a loss in what to do with myself and have recently witnessed a number of BSL users/interpreters in different scenarios and remembered the inclusivity my husband had in conversation (even though it lacked in other aspects) and realised how important it is for everyone in society to feel heard and included so decided to look at a course on line and found the one ran by BSL I am really enjoying learning and hope to be able to use it effectively as and when needed (just hope I don't make too many mistakes!) x

When i was about 7 years old, my friend taught me the alphabet using Sign (she'd learnt it from St johns ambulance). Throughout our childhood instead of sending notes in our class we would fingerspell every word to each other! My Nan always told me to do something more with it, because of how quickly i picked it up, but i never had the time. I used to work as an entertainer at a holiday park and a little girl was lost who was deaf, she seemed so frightened but i was able to fingerspell to communicate with her, she seemed so relieved. Now at 30 i feel like i'm ready to learn more and possible help other people communicate, if i can get to that level.