Hey to all, I'm new to the BSL world but as a small child I was used to being around a deaf father so lip reading has for some reason been a thing but now that I'm all big and grown up, at the age of 28-30 I've noticed my hearing is really bad and I have tourettes syndrome and non epileptic fits. I learnt BSL because I can't hear but I use it most of the time to communicate if I feel like I need medical help or I need to get up etc. The fits completly silence me but I'm not the type of person who gets ignored for long....I joke, its been amazing to not feel excluded and lost....I'm not actually British, English is my second language but when I full on start speaking fluent French I see a few jaws drop it's hilarious.
Enough about me I'm excited to learn more and more and the jokes I make with my closes people in BSL is ace too!!
