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If you have trouble accessing text in images or want to see the original voting results, you can find that here: business.senedd.wales/docume… #BSLWalesBill
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The BSL (Wales) Bill proposal in Senedd today. youtube.com/watch?v=_hfEcRGS… The Minister's reply can be seen from 12.15. #BSLWalesBill
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6. Deaf people have been pressing for BSL legislation in Wales for 20 years. Our lives should not be along party political lines and we matter. We've waited long enough. #BSLWalesBill
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5. Whilst we are happy with the inclusion of BSL in the Curriculum for Wales, this just covers children in education. Deaf people exist outside schools too and wellbeing needs to be holistic.
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4. Whilst the Wellbeing and Future Generations Act is in place, due to language and cultural barriers plus public servant knowledge, deaf people are left out of this process. There is no specific consideration for BSL. #BSLWalesBill
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3. If the government is so keen on co-production, listen to deaf people. The BDA report has already stated that there needs to be BSL legislation in Wales. By ignoring this and stating you won't legislate because of "co-production" is not co-production. #BSLWalesBill
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2. Little co-production with deaf BSL signers and we have felt excluded, several deaf Welsh BSL signers have commented on this. The Disability Rights Taskforce did not mention BSL once (from a FOI request). Where was the involvement of BSL signers? #BSLWalesBill
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1. Scotland and England have BSL legislation in place, Northern Ireland are on their way there. This will make Wales the only UK nation not to have BSL legislation. #BSLWalesBill
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@JulieJamesMS @Jeremy_Miles @JulieMorganLAB @sarah4bridgend @lynne_neagle @Rhi4Islwyn @JennyRathbone @DavidReesMS @JackSargeantAM @KenSkatesMS @CThomasMS @Amanwy @JoyceWatsonMSAS @buffywills @Eluned_Morgan
PLEASE READ! Reasons to support a #BSLWalesBill. Thread.
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@MickAntoniw1 @hannahblythyn @Dawn_Bowden @JBryantWales @hef4caerphilly @AlunDaviesMS @MarkDrakeford @RebeccaEvansMS @VaughanGething @JGriffithsLab @lesley4wrexham @MikeHedgesAM @VikkiHowells @JaneHutt @huw4ogmore
PLEASE READ! Reasons to support a #BSLWalesBill. Thread.
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Save the date & share. Only advertising in #BSL at first. @DeafHubWales @Deaf @Deaf_Kaz @foulkes_helen @WCDeaf @MichelleFP1 @BBCWales
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So sad to learn of Ruth Myers ' passing. She was a force and a great campaigner and would unhesitatingly rise to any challenges in order for betterment of deaf access, etc.
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I'm sorry to hear that Ruth Myers passed away. I will never forget what she did with an amazing campaign for Minicom, Typetalk, Telecommunication for many years. She was involved with Ofcom to make better access for Deaf people. We must be thankful to Ruth for us.
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Hmm? Announcing doing away with PIP on the same day parliament debates assisted dying? Do I see a theme?
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Really looking forward to unveiling our 16th Purple Plaque tomorrow in Rhyl. Dorothy Miles was a truly remarkable woman: a sign language poet and performer whose achievements deserve to be known in the hearing world (she's already very well known in the deaf community)
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Not just Wales, the rest of the UK too, what with the NHS, MoJ, DWP, & other public bodies contracting in agencies with poor/non-existant track records of BSL Interpretation provision, further marginalising an already much marginalised sector of UK's indigenous population!
A damning article about the Welsh Interpreter and Translation Service (WITS) by Cedric Moon. Deaf people in Wales typically have a WITS story. @Llais_Wales please address this.
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