Hearing Loss: British-Sign
Welcome to my page about British Sign Language. British Sign Language, also known by the abbreviation BSL, is the language used by over 50,000 deaf people within the UK.
[http://www.british-sign.co.uk/]
Hearing Loss: Association in Aid of Deaf People
RAD is a charity committed to meeting the individual needs of people affected by deafness. Its services include advocacy, chaplaincy, counselling, information, interpreting, leisure facilities and support groups. Through the network of Deaf Centres, it provides drop-in facilities for the elderly, specialists groups for those who are deafblind and those with special needs, support groups for families and leisure facilities.
[http://www.royaldeaf.org.uk/]
Hearing Loss: British Deaf Association
The British Deaf News is dedicated to providing deaf related news to its audiences. A very sophisticated site, you will find a message board, a chat room and a host of links as well as up to date deaf news.
[http://www.britishdeafassociation.org.uk/]
Hearing Loss: Deaf Blind UK
Deafblind UK is the association of deafblind and dual sensory impaired people. It represents, supports and provides comprehensive services for its 1600 deafblind members, their carers and professionals who work with them.
[http://www.deafblind.org.uk/]
Hearing Loss: National Deaf Children's Society
NDCS is a major organisation, established in 1944, working with over 70,000 Deaf and hard of hearing children and their families as well as carers & professionals in the U.K.. They offer advice, advocacy, counselling, training and information on childhood deafness, and produce a quarterly magazine TALK packed with news, views and features for parents and professionals.
[http://www.ndcs.org.uk/]
Hearing Loss: Handspeak
Handspeak is an amazing online visual dictionary for sign language. There is a manual alphabet along with whole words which can be searched alphabetically or by category, different signs and features.
[http://www.handspeak.com/]
Hearing Loss: British Sign Language
This is a teach yourself sign language site with lots of animated photos of signed words and phrases. It is becoming fairly comprehensive and will be of interest if you are a BSL beginner, however the photos do not show facial expression which lets it down.
[http://www.britishsignlanguage.com/]
Hearing Loss: De@fie.Net
"The Ultimate Site for Deaf Links" (copyright2000) was created so that surfers could look up an organisation or website they didn't know the address to. It's as simple as that.
[http://www.deaflinks.info/]
Hearing Loss: Deaf Club
It calls itself the biggest Deaf Internet Search Engine and it certainly has a lot of links to Deaf and sign language information. It is an excellent resource for connecting you to the hundreds of new sites being created by and for Deaf people.
[http://www.deafclub.co.uk/]
Hearing Loss: Deaf Sign
DeafSign.com was first set up in January 2000 as a new and independent site offering information, contact and discussion on issues related to deafness and sign language.
[http://www.deafsign.com/]
Hearing Loss: British Deaf History Society
The objectives of the British Deaf History Society are to foster interest in and encourage the study of Deaf history, to encourage the preservation of records and materials of historic value related to Deaf people and to produce publications in connection with Deaf History. BDHS organises workshops, produces journals three times a year for the members and also campaigns for the preservation of Deaf materials.
[http://www.ionic.demon.co.uk/]
Hearing Loss: Royal National Institute for Deaf People
The RNID aims to represent 8.7 million Deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK, and to achieve a radically better quality of life for them through the following: campaigning and lobbying, provision of information and raising awareness, training courses and consultancy on deafness and disability, communication services including Sign Language interpreters; residential and community services for deaf people with special needs, Typetalk (a national telephone operator system for text users), equipment and products, and social, medical and technical research.
[http://www.rnid.org.uk/]
Hearing Loss: Sense
Sense is the "UK's leading organisation working with people who have sight and hearing difficulties". The organisation is dedicated to helping people of all ages, from all backgrounds and with a range of sensory impairments and other disabilities.
[http://www.sense.org.uk/]
Hearing Loss: Deaf World
Deaf World Web, the largest Deaf organisation in the world, provides web sites dedicated to the deaf from international countries from Asia to Zimbabwe.
[http://www.deafworldweb.org/]
Hearing Loss: British Association for Teachers of the Deaf
The virtual home for BATOD, the organisation which promotes the educational interests of all hearing-impaired children, young people and adults and safeguards the interests of Teachers of the Deaf, contains information about the association, teaching, news and press releases.
[http://www.batod.org.uk/]
Hearing Loss: Deaf Child
Deaf Child International is an organisation that provides personal and educational opportunities for deaf and hearing children to communicate with each other throughout the world.
[http://www.deafchild.org/]
Hearing Loss: National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS)
Free guidebooks are available from the National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS). Intended for teachers working in mainstream schools, the subjects include language and communication and visual aids.
[http://www.ndcs.org.uk/]
