National Organisations
Useful links
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  Link   Deaf Info
This is a central place for information about deaf mental health.
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  Link   Extra Ordinary Casting
Casting company for disabled people.
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  Link   Signed Language
SignedLanguage contains over 50 articles all written by a team of experts and around 10 new articles are added each month.
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  Link   Botswana Society for the Deaf
Botswana Society for the Deaf
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  Link   BT Sign
Information on British telecom facilities in British Sign Language
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  Link   Deafness, Cognition and Language
Based at University College, London. DCAL is a new centre funded by the Economic and Social Research Council. Among its aims are, to learn more about BSL as a language and to look at how the mind processess BSL compared to other languages.
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  Link   Action for Blind People
Action for Blind People provides practical support and advice, holidays breaks and childrens sports clubs to over 22,000 visually impaired people each year.
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  Link   Scottish Council on Deafness
SCoD is the lead organisation for deaf issues in Scotland. We represent 90 organisations working with and on behalf of Deaf Sign Language users, Deafened, Deafblind and Hard of Hearing people. Our membership provides an effective working partners
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  Link   The British Society for Mental Health and Deafness
The society promotes the positive mental health of deaf people in Britain. Mental health inclues healthy emotional,psychological and social development, the prevention and tratment of mental illness and other disorders.
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  Link   Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNIDP)
The largest organisation for deaf people, it provides services to deaf, deafblind and hard of hearing people, such as Employment, Learning and Skills Service, Information Line, Sound Advice, and a Tinnitus Helpline.
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  Link   Sign
We aim for a world where there is little risk of deaf people developing preventable mental health problems and that equality,respect and fulfilment are enjoyed by deaf people experiencing health difficulties.
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  Link   UK Council on Deafness
This organisation aims to improve and extend co-operation between member organisations in promoting and representing the interests of d/Deaf people. Their objective is to provide a forum for debate and council members work together to achieve change
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  Link   British Deaf Association
The BDA provides information and advice and promotes equal rights for deaf people. Their services are available to deaf people and the wider community.
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  Link   Hearing Dogs for Deaf People
They train carefully selected dogs to alert deaf people in their everyday life to sounds such as alarm clock and doorbell. This scheme has been running since 1982 and is totally reliant on funding from the general public and companies.
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  Link   Council for the Advancement of Communication
Promotes communication between deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind and hearing people by offering high quality nationally recognised assessments and accreditation in BSL (British Sign Language). Also provides training in Deaf Awareness and maintains a r
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  Link   National Deaf Children's Society
Exclusively dedicated to supporting all deaf children, young deaf people and their families. Empowering deaf children to enjoy a happy, fulfilled and rewarding life.
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  Link   Royal Association for Deaf People (RAD)
Offers a wide selection of different clubs and groups where advice and information is available. They also offer training programmes, including British Sign Language and Deaf Awareness classes.
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  Link   UK Health Professionals with Hearing Loss
A site to provide information and create a network for health professionals with a hearing loss.
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