Childlife

05 November 2024

Embracing the future

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...
05 November 2024

Part of the family

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...
30 April 2024

Ground-breaking success

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...
14 November 2023

The very best start

When a way is found to transform more lives, the National Deaf Children’s Society will stop at nothing to see it through. The National Deaf Children’s Society’s new five-year strategy seeks to transform the lives of even more deaf children by strengthening support in two key areas; during the...

Category: National Deaf Children’s Society