bsl history

Question 1

what sign language family is BSL part of

Answer 1

the BANZL family - british, australian and new zealand

they are all based around a sign language first used in england

Question 2

when was the first sign language school established

Answer 2

1760, by Thomas Braidword
the sign language used was a precursor to BSL

Question 3

when was BSL governmentally recognized as it’s own language

Answer 3

2003

Question 4

what did the Milan Conference mean for sign language

Answer 4

it was in 1880
it had educators of the deaf and One deaf person; it decided that sign language was inferior for teaching and oral methods should be used (lip reading)

sign language was then Banned in school which worsened education standard especially for the profoundly deaf

Question 5

when were the consequences of the Milan conference reversed

Answer 5

the impacts were later recognized and sign language was again allowed in institutions and schools

only in 2010 the International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (ICED) finally voted to reject all resolutions of the Milan Conference