such as Children Of Deaf Adults (CODAs). Working for the sign language community means we can include all these people in our campaigns for language rights. A good quote I have used often express how I feel about this subject. Hearing people love English and its richness however it is seen by the Deaf as a tool to achieve equality. But no-one realise that Deaf people love sign language and its richness in the same manner above! While the new vision is great, the real challenge for the new concept of Sign Language community is whether Deaf people are ready to accept that hearing sign language users belongs to this community. I led a group of Deaf youths in Finland back in 1987 and someone in the group asked our guide how many staff in the Finnish Association of the Deaf were Deaf. The guy started counting, then asked 'why do you want to know?' I thought this was fantastic, that it didn't matter to him. British Deaf people have yet to arrive at this stage and I look forward to that!" References External links Sign Community Signvideo Awards nomination (.doc file) McWhinney's resignation Significan't 1960 births Living people People from Belfast Deaf activists Deaf people from Northern Ireland BSL users