DEAF people who use British sign language have just been given access to a ground-breaking new service on the Disability Rights Commission's website.
The DRC has just launched 200 pages of employment rights information in British sign language in a move seen to be the first such service in this country.
The content focuses on disabled people's employment rights under the Disability Discrimination Act.
The initiative was prompted by the need to ensure deaf people - whose first language is BSL - get vital rights-based information.
Head of campaigns and marketing at the DRC, Tom Berry, said: "Getting rights-based information to deaf people in their preferred format is a great step forward and we're looking forward to translating more of the site content into BSL."
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