Facebook+and+Sign+Language

==Facebook has grown over the years from a simple blog website to a monstrous mutli-capable social networking tool. It has the capability to help many different types of individuals with whatever their need might be. One group of people who are befitting from facebook are individuals who are deaf and use sign language to communicate with others. One person is John Smith, a deaf comedian, who says== == "Before we had social networking sites, many deaf people were isolated. Facebook is a place where we can release some of our frustrations about the barriers we face in everyday life." Of those barriers one is language " == ==Users of sign language have faced barriers to participating fully in mainstream Facebook groups because of the fact English isn't their first language. But now there are all kinds of deaf groups, and in particular a real explosion in spaces where BSL users share advice, such as Deaf Opinions (or "sharing advice" to give it its sign-name) which has over 7,000 members." The video feature on Facebook offer a lifeline to deaf people because it gives them the chance to communicate freely with numerous amounts of people who can listen or help them whenever needed. One organization that helps deaf people is the British Deaf Organization, one thing that they do is produce videos for their followers that share information that is in video form as opposed to written form because written form can be hard to follow for some deaf people. ==

Director of Campaigns and Communications states that
=="Confidence comes from being able to express your own thoughts in your own language - BSL" ==

Source- http://www.bbc.com/news/disability-35103292