and in large parts of the country people have problems accessing it in places like schools and hospitals. the labour mp rosie cooper and the strictly star rose ayling ellis are two of the people hoping to change that with a bill to be discussed in parliament this week. yvonne cobb, from the bbc s see hear programme, reports. for 35 year old marius, who has been deaf since birth, everyday activities can be a challenge. hello! hold on. i m deaf. please could you lower your mask? ok, here. let s have it here. when you go out to places such as cafes, do you struggle to communicate? yes, it s hard. if people have a mask, then i gesture or take things on my phone. but sometimes they just stare at me blankly. sometimes the other person will lower their mask, or use gestures to communicate. so really, it depends. but it can be frustrating.
fall that this last hurdle, that we are actually finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. tt light at the end of the tunnel. it is a beautiful part of the country, i hope you are blessed with lots of visitors this year. more than 87,000 people in the uk rely on british sign language to communicate. but it has no legal status and in large parts of the country people have problems accessing it in places like schools and hospitals. the labour mp rosie cooper and the strictly star rose ayling ellis are two of the people hoping to change that with a bill to be discussed in parliament this week. yvonne cobb, from the bbc s see hear programme, reports. for 35 year old marius, who has been deaf since birth, everyday activities can be a challenge. hello! hold on. i m deaf. please could you lower your mask? ok, here. let s have it here.