Doug Alker (born 1940) is the former chair of the
British Deaf Association
The British Deaf Association (BDA) is a deaf-led British charity that campaigns and advocates for deaf people who use British Sign Language.
History
It was preceded by the National Association for the Deaf and Dumb (NADD), which had been founded ...
and the
Royal National Institute for the Deaf
The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID), known as Action on Hearing Loss from 2011 to 2020, is a charitable organization working on behalf of the UK's 9 million people who are deaf or have hearing loss.
History
The Royal National I ...
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His self-published 2000 book, ''Really Not Interested in the Deaf?'', is a criticism of the Royal National Institute for the Deaf (RNID) and the story of his departure from the group.
After he left RNID he set up the political pressure group
Federation of Deaf People (FDP) in 1997. As the chair, he and the FDP are primarily responsible for pressuring the UK government into officially recognizing
British Sign Language
British Sign Language (BSL) is a sign language used in the United Kingdom (UK), and is the first or preferred language among the Deaf community in the UK. Based on the percentage of people who reported 'using British Sign Language at home' on ...
.
On 18 March 2003 the UK government formally recognized that BSL is a language in its own right.
He previously worked as a researcher for the
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