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Nadia Clarke: British Sign Language

Nadia was born in 1992 in Hexham, Northumberland. At age five she attended a local special school and then moved to a mainstream school at age six, after the family moved to Halifax. She continued in a mainstream secondary school, then attended her local college. Nadia is planning to go on to university.

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Nadia describes some of her communication support in school.

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Did you have good support from teachers at school and do you have an example?
The support was fantastic and my teachers understood what support I needed. My support staff all knew full British Sign Language. That was so awesome, I loved watching them signing what the teacher said. Without sign language I wouldn’t have been able to understand anything that my teacher and class mates were saying. If I had gone to a special school I don’t think I would have had such a positive attitude about the future. It’s very important that deaf students have access to sign language.

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