09 May 2019
The latest report by the Consortium for Research into Deaf Education (CRIDE) which the National Deaf Children’s Society is part of, reveals schools and councils are closing 10 specialist teaching units for deaf children every year. Specialist teachers working in units are also being reduced, with 9% cut in two...
22 November 2018
Nine-year-old Lewis has a moderate to severe hearing loss and a passion and talent for music, as his recent appearance playing the piano on stage in Birmingham shows. Lewis was taking part in an annual project developed by the National Deaf Children’s Society to increase expectations of what deaf...
03 May 2018
Belle, aged ten, recently won a local street dance competition – adding another trophy to a growing collection. For Belle though, the very fact that she can dance along to the sound of her favourite tunes is an achievement in itself. Belle was born with a cleft lip and...