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19-04-2006
School of Sign Language
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East Lancashire, UK (Evening Telegraph): Pupils across East Lancashire are set to be taught sign language in class in a pioneering bid to tackle prejudices about the deaf. The scheme, believed to be one of the first of its kind, is the brainchild of Debbie Reynolds, 31. After winning backing from deaf charities and education chiefs, Debbie, through her company School of Sign Language, plans to take her project to schools across the county in a bid to rid stigma and break down barriers between pupils who are deaf and those who are not.
There are currently 244,000 deaf and hard of hearing people in Lancashire.
For more information, please visit:
www.lancashireeveningtelegraph.co.uk/news/newsheadlines/display.var.733909.0.a_sign_of_things_to_come.php
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