Deaf Awareness Week To celebrate Deaf Awareness Week (5-11 May) this year, the National Deaf Children’s Society has been asking deaf people from all walks of life, ‘what would you tell your younger self about growing up deaf’? The theme for Deaf Awareness Week 2025 in the UK is...
Two thirds of deaf children start school without expected levels of development, compared with a third of all children, highlighting a crucial need to reach families in those early years, with information and support. With the parents of newly-identified deaf children expressing a clear preference for an app as...
For parents like Sam, Acorns is a critical part of their lives, stepping in to support them at a time when there was nowhere else to turn. Alex is a cheeky and affectionate four-year-old – he loves frogs and frog noises and enjoys watching the neighbourhood dogs going for...
When a new GCSE in British Sign Language (BSL), was confirmed in December last year, the National Deaf Children’s Society was rightly delighted. The Department for Education published the finalised BSL GCSE subject content, marking the culmination of a decade of campaigning by the National Deaf Children’s Society and...