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1. kline 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (kline@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Friday, 28-Jan-2022 13:25:53 UTC kline 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

   Good turnout today in London in support of the BSL Bill, strengthening the place of sign language in British law #BSLActNow

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   • kline 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (kline@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Friday, 28-Jan-2022 13:25:54 UTC kline 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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     @coin they're not forcing anyone to learn bsl, just paving the way to make it a legal requirement to provision access. This only needs to be, for example, access to a trained interpreter at a medical appointment, rather than having your child relay your cancer diagnosis to you.

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   • Token (coin@asimon.org)'s status on Friday, 28-Jan-2022 13:25:59 UTC Token

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     Not gonna lie, sounds like a waste of tax payer money for a rather small minority of people (which I am empathetic to their woes, mind you) but this is just doesn't seem economically viable. There must be other ways to make public services more friendly to deaf people without forcing them all to learn the BSL.
   • kline 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (kline@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Friday, 28-Jan-2022 13:26:00 UTC kline 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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     @coin https://limpingchicken.com/2022/01/27/bsl-act-now-british-sign-language-bill-published-ahead-of-second-reading-in-commons/

     tldr: recognise and instate BSL as a legally official language in the UK

   • Token (coin@asimon.org)'s status on Friday, 28-Jan-2022 13:26:01 UTC Token

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     What does the BSL Bill aim to change?
   • kline 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 (kline@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Friday, 28-Jan-2022 16:20:19 UTC kline 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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     • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

     @lanodan it paves the way for improved access, once it's an official language then you have improved access to it in public services but it's likely going to require additional legal tooling before we're there. This has all come to a head in the age of Covid with many live public briefings not interpreted, so having to wait for secondary reporting

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   • Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell: (lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me)'s status on Friday, 28-Jan-2022 16:20:20 UTC Haelwenn /элвэн/ :triskell:

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     @kline @coin Is that by inheritance of the "recognised language" definition?
     That BSL Bill seems to just be for things like official communications from the government.