Multipart graphic. The top shows a timeline of language acquisition from newborn to 12 months. The bottom shows an illustration of a baby with a cochlear implant, a diagram of the implant in the ear, and a zoom in on the cochlea with an electrode array.

Cochlear implants give deaf kids unprecedented access to sound. But insisting they avoid using sign language may be risky.

Learn more during #InternationalWeekOfDeafPeople: https://scim.ag/4gIRVf9

THIS IS ME - Issuu As former MP Rosie Cooper takes the chair at Mersey Care, MC

Our Chair, Rosie Cooper, brought the British Sign Language Bill to the House of Commons 👏🏽

As the child of #Deaf parents, #SignLanguage was her first language.

Read her inspiring story this #InternationalWeekofDeafPeople ⬇

bit.ly/Rosie-BSL

#DeafAwareness #IWDP

To mark #InternationalWeekOfDeafPeople, a group from RehabCare Galway have shared this video.

The theme 'No Human Rights Without Sign Language Rights' emphasises the role of sign language in ensuring equality, inclusion and dignity for persons who are Deaf.

#ThriveAchieveShine #IWDP #ISL