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Jock Young (deaf rights campaigner) was born in 1926 in the United Kingdom. He was a deaf rights campaigner and a member of the British Deaf Association. He was a strong advocate for the rights of deaf people and campaigned for better access to education, employment, and healthcare. Young was a passionate campaigner for the rights of deaf people and was a strong advocate for the use of sign language. He was a founding member of the British Deaf Association and was a key figure in the development of the British Sign Language (BSL) Act of 2003. Young was a tireless campaigner for the rights of deaf people and was a strong advocate for the use of sign language. He was a founding member of the British Deaf Association and was a key figure in the development of the British Sign Language (BSL) Act of 2003. Young was a passionate campaigner for the rights of deaf people and was a strong advocate for the use of sign language. He was a founding member of the British Deaf Association and was a key figure in the development of the British Sign Language (BSL) Act of 2003. Young passed away in 2015 at the age of 89. He was a tireless campaigner for the rights of deaf people and was a strong advocate for the use of sign language. He was a founding member of the British Deaf Association and was a key figure in the development of the British Sign Language (BSL) Act of 2003.

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1993

During his tenure, the BDA achieved remarkable public recognition. Princess Diana became a dedicated patron of the Association and she committed to learn some British Sign Language. After years of work, in 1993 the Dictionary of British Sign Language was published.

1992

He was awarded with an OBE in 1992 for his services to the Deaf community.

1991

Young then took a part-time role as Youth and Community Officer for the Glasgow and West of Scotland Society of the Deaf, and then was hired as Social Work Assistant for the Edinburgh and East of Scotland Society of the Deaf, role he kept until he retired in 1991.

1985

Along with Arthur Verney, Young helped to set up the European Community Regional Secretariat of the World Federation of the Deaf, now known as the European Union of the Deaf. It was launched in 1985, and Young served as Honorary Director until 1991. In 1988 the organisation achieved the recognition of sign languages of the European Community's member states.

1983

In 1983, during the Torquay Congress, Jock Young became Chair of the BDA, the first Deaf person ever to be elected as chair. Murray Holmes (also deaf and Scottish) was elected as vice-chair. Young continued to work in that role until 1992.

1969

Young was the Honorary Secretary of Scottish Regional Council (SRC) of the British Deaf Association (BDA) from 1969 to 1983.

1926

John "Jock" Young OBE (1926–2005) was a British deaf rights campaigner. He was deaf and a British Sign Language user.