School/college/university

• Four Deaf BSL participants from the BDA Scotland’s Deaf Roots and Pride Transitions Project – Youth Advisory Group (YAG) - took part in this case study. At the time of interviewing, one was still in secondary school, one had just finished college and two were studying at university.

Deaf/hearing

• All participants were BSL users. Three participants had hearing parents and one had Deaf parents.

Preferred method of communicating and receiving information

• Three participants preferred to communicate through British Sign Language.
• One of the three participants also liked to access information through written English.

Deaf peers (historically and currently)

• One participant who was still at school had around 35 Deaf pupils in their school. Another participant had around 25 Deaf pupils when they attended school.
• One participant had some Deaf students at college but not in their specific class(es).
• One participant mentioned that there are other deaf students in the university she attends but they are not necessarily BSL users. They are deaf but use different communication methods which may include English spoken language or lip reading.
• One participant mentioned that they had been the only Deaf person when they attended secondary school and college but also now while attending university.