Deaf Voters 'Unheard' By Politicians
An estimated 90,000 deaf people in the UK rely on British Sign Language (BSL) to communicate - but only one political party has ever used it in its election broadcasts.
Tessa Padden, a television presenter and BSL translator currently involved with the BSL:UPTAKE project at Heriot-Watt University, believes this leaves many deaf people excluded from the democratic process.