I've wanted to learn sign language since 2020, after I had learnt how Deaf and HoH people had difficulty reading lips because of the masks, but because BSL wasn't widely taught to hearing people, communication was more difficult for people in the deaf community. I had even come across this course funnily enough, when I was looking for lessons, but got overwhelmed with university exams and shelved the idea for the time being. Then a deaf charity came to my door to ask me to sign up for donations and when I learnt that 4 years on, BSL still wasn't being widely taught, I made the decision then to start learning BSL for myself - if one person can close the gap even a little bit, it makes more peoples lives easier which is ultimately what I'm after.
