Petition · past parliament
Make sign language compulsory from nursery age children onwards
Rejected
15 signatures
What the petition asks
I would like the government/parliament to make sign language compulsory from a young age that’s easily adaptive to learn sign language as it’s a possibility that everyone in their lifetime will come across someone who needs to use sign as their only way of communication
I would like my children to be able to communicate with deaf children, every child should be able to feel “normal” and not separated from eachother because most children don’t know how to use sign language as a way of communicating unless “usually” taught by someone who has a deaf relative
Why it was rejected
There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.
Timeline
| 14 Nov 2020 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 15 Dec 2020 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
15
Status
Rejected
Rejected
15 Dec 2020
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.