The Appa Blog
Things that occupy the minds at Appa.
Kyla Aitken: 12 Weeks of Blogs
Growing up as a CODA, BSL has been woven into every part of my life. Today, I work as a...
8 December 2025
Author: Kyla Aitken
Week 1 – My World as a CODA and Interpreter
“Born into BSL, thriving as an interpreter—my story unfolds.” My connection to BSL and the Deaf community starts at home,...
2 January 2026
Author: Omar
Etymology of BSL
In the article Brief History of British Sign Language by signcommunity.org.uk, they talk about the poorly recorded early history of...
4 December 2025
Author: Omar
The Demise of Pearl Linguistics
A little while ago translation service behemoth Pearl Linguistic went bankrupt leaving hundreds of unpaid creditors, a large majority of...
4 December 2025
Author: Omar
Etymology of BSL : 100 hundred, 1000 thousand
100 http://bslsignbank.ucl.ac.uk/dictionary/words/hundred-1.html Finger pointing horizontally under chin The fist and curled fingers under chin moving horizontally represent the two 0’s...
4 December 2025
Author: Omar
Disability; dependency and independence
When people think of disability don’t they also think of dependence, carers, maybe special equipment, governments help, adaptions and...
4 December 2025
Author: Omar