Childlife

17 November 2020

The challenges of 2020

Earlier in the year, we wrote about the National Deaf Children’s Society’s support groups, organised by volunteers across the UK, like Sara who runs Sound Friends in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. Sara’s youngest child, six-year-old Charlotte, is profoundly deaf and is aided by a cochlear implant and uses a...
28 July 2020

Supporting deaf children during Covid-19

Lockdown may be easing across the UK, but there are still many face-to-face support services which are unable to take place. Families with a child recently diagnosed as deaf need a lot of support, especially in those early days, and usually this might involve home visits to get practical...
17 June 2020

NDCS – Impact of Covid-19

The National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) is going through a period of huge change, with Covid-19 causing widespread disruption to the vital external services and support that many deaf children rely on, their friendships, their schools and their audiology services. Routine audiology services, schools, Teachers of the Deaf and...
04 May 2020

Local lifelines for deaf children

The National Deaf Children’s Society works with deaf children and their families at all points in their child’s life, from diagnosis through to teenage years. As well as the practical advice and support that the National Deaf Children’s Society can provide, many families also choose to get involved with...

Category: National Deaf Children’s Society