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Deaf News: SEND system branded ‘unfit for purpose’ after Ofsted report reveals issues with learning and development

May 14, 2021 by

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Some pupils with special educational needs and/or disabilities (SEND) in mainstream schools are not receiving enough support with their learning […]

NDCS hails school face masks change as potential “new dawn for deaf children”

May 11, 2021 by

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The National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) has welcomed the UK Government’s announcement that face masks will no longer be advised […]

Deaf News: ‘Extremely concerning’ report reveals SEND assessments are a ‘roll of the dice’

March 19, 2021 by

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The special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) assessment system has been strongly criticised in a new report by independent researchers, […]

Deaf News: Campaign calls on UN to recognise language deprivation in Rights of the Child convention

February 23, 2021 by

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A campaign has been launched calling on the United Nations to expand its Convention on the Rights of the Child […]

Deaf News: Face masks in classrooms will have a ‘devastating’ impact, deaf charity warns

February 22, 2021 by

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The National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) has said today that the UK Government’s decision to recommend face masks in secondary […]

Deaf News: Deaf Child Worldwide not ‘immediately impacted’ by foreign aid cut, charity says

December 2, 2020 by

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The charity Deaf Child Worldwide, which supports deaf children in developing countries, has said their direct work won’t be immediately […]

Deaf representation in Sky’s new dark drama ‘I Hate Suzie’

August 27, 2020 by

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Today, the world of celebrity actor Suzie Pickles comes crashing down in an intense, edgy series starring Doctor Who’s Billie […]

Deaf News: New brain surgery for deaf children to be funded by NHS England

April 23, 2019 by

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A new medical procedure which enables some deaf children to hear for the first time is to be made routinely […]

Bianca Birdsey: How sign language helped my girls think, reason and express themselves

August 12, 2015 by

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Language. Think about that word. What are other thoughts that automatically pin themselves to this collection of letters that give […]

Deaf News: NDCS says new Special Educational Needs system could leave Deaf children without vital support

June 13, 2015 by

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New Government figures have raised fresh concerns that changes to the system of guaranteed help for children with special educational […]