The episode, “The Sound of Bleeding Gums,” focuses on Lisa Simpson, who discovers that her hero and favourite musician, the late saxophonist Bleeding Gums Murphy, has a son who’s deaf and needs a cochlear implant.Although humans in the “Simpsons” world only have four fingers to a hand, they’ll use American Sign Language in the episode.https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/simpsons-deaf-actor-sign-language_n_62531a5fe4b0be72bfea7a3b
With his victory for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Kotsur became the first deaf male actor to win an Oscar, and the second deaf performer to win overall.It gets better. The first deaf person to win an Oscar was Kotsur's costar in CODA and on-screen wife Marlee Matlin, who won Best Actress 35 years ago for her role in the 1986 film Children of a Lesser God.Click the link to find out more:https://ew.com/awards/oscars/troy-kotsur-wins-best-supporting-actor-2022-oscars
British Sign Language (BSL) is set to become a legally recognised language in England, Wales, and Scotland after gaining backing from the UK government.Rose Ayling-Ellis, the first deaf person to win Strictly Come Dancing, has been campaigning for BSL to be recognised as an official language and given legal protection in the UK. Now that dream is set to come true.To find out more, click the link:https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/british-sign-language-bill-commons_uk_623457b3e4b0f1e82c484e3a
