Yesterday, we met with Claire Coutinho MP, Minister for Children, Families and Wellbeing, at the Department of Education to talk about deaf awareness, British Sign Language (BSL) and the support deaf children need at school to succeed. Nathalie, our Deaf Awareness and Training Officer, met with Claire to share deaf awareness tips and advice, as well as some BSL. Kaitlyn, a deaf young person advocating for better support at school for deaf children, shared how beneficial it was having a Teacher o

86K views · 669 reactions | This #DeafAwarenessWeek we asked deaf children what it feels like when they can't take part in conversations because people don't know how to include them. It's easily done but easily fixed with a few #DeafAwarenessTips  We'd love to see your tips too - make your own video or image using the above hashtag and we'll reshare them. See all our tips: www.ndcs.org.uk/daw19 | National Deaf Children's Society | Facebook

14K views · 225 reactions | It's National Careers Week! Many deaf students believe their career options are limited. But deaf people can be musicians, doctors and builders – the list is endless. Find out how you can help deaf students plan for the future  https://bit.ly/38iYsbs #NCW2020 Welsh closed captions are available in settings. | National Deaf Children's Society | Facebook

Find out more about the support families with deaf children could get from their local council 👉 www.ndcs.org.uk/localcouncil | National Deaf Children's Society

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4.6K views · 82 reactions | Want to improve your deaf awareness and looking for some tips to get you started? We asked colleagues from across the National Deaf Children’s Society, both hearing and deaf, to find out what their deaf awareness tips are when working with deaf colleagues  Check out all our tips here. #DeafAwareness #DeafAwarenessWeek #Deafness #Deaf | National Deaf Children's Society | Facebook

Are your education, health and social care services supporting your deaf child as well as they should? Are we supporting you as well as we could? Tell us what you think in our survey. | National Deaf Children's Society