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Campaigning and Raising Awareness
Deafblind UK is committed to addressing the inequalities faced by people with deafblindness by drawing attention to their needs, campaigning for their rights and pressing home the case for better access to vital services.
Many people are largely unaware that deafblindness exists let alone that the main factors that make deafblindness such a unique disability are that it is difficult to communicate, difficult to access information and very difficult to get from A to B if you are deafblind.
We want to put deafblind people on the map by raising awareness within the general public and with the media. Please click on the links below to find out more about our campaigning and awareness raising work.
Contact Us Get in touch with Heather Lord, Head of Policy, Campaigns and Awareness if you would like to find out more about our campaigning work or if you are a deafblind person needing support on Tel: 01733 358 100 (voice/text) or email:
heather.lord@deafblind.org.uk
Definition of DeafblindnessWhilst there is no generally accepted definition of deafblindness there is a working description that has been accepted over many years. ‘Persons are regarded as deafblind if their combined sight and hearing impairment cause difficulties with communication, access to information and mobility’.
