Royal Association for Deaf people (RAD) has been awarded the Advocacy Quality Performance Mark (QPM) from the National Development Team for Inclusion (NDTi). The QPM is the UK’s only independent quality performance mark for organisations

The National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) has launched three new sets of information resources in time for Deaf Awareness Week for teachers, children and young people focusing on deaf awareness and communication.

For the first time deaf young people will be able to use new

Do you live in London or the South of England?

Do you or any of your family/friends have experience of the following settings: (personally or professionally)
Hospital
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If so, you could be one of

A 24-year-old man has been left with facial injuries, a snapped tooth and hearing loss after he was attacked in Durham City Centre.

He was pushed to the ground and punched by two males whilst on a night out – on 2 April. The assault took place on Silver Street at 9pm.

The punch to his right ear knocked him to the ground.

The Government is failing in its duty of care to disabled people, said a Lords report published last week.

The House of Lords Equality Act 2010 and Disability Committee has been investigating the Equality Act and its impact on disabled people.

From taxi drivers refusing to take disabled people, to â€?disgraceful’

Martin Garrix recently staged a concert that turned the Dutch DJ’s music into an extrasensory experience for the dance-loving deaf community. For the performance, Garrix partnered with 7-Up to create “Music Lifts You Up,” with the resulting video from the gig premiering during Ultra Fest in Miami and on Crave Online.

“Motion,

As if the advent of the organisation’s 175th anniversary wasn’t enough, the team at the Royal Association for Deaf people (RAD) have had another reason to celebrate recently – thanks to the news that the charity has been awarded the prestigious

Dr Who actress, Sophie Stone is calling on all young deaf actors, dancers and musicians to take the very last opportunity to showcase their performance skills in the National Deaf Children’s Society’s competition Raising the Bar.

Entrants to the competition (8 to 18-year-olds) have less than a week left, until 6 March 2016, to create

Those people with no hearing difficulties rarely give any thought to what it would be like to have to rely on lipreading to communicate with others. But a new video makes people stop and think about it.

Many of the 11 million people (according the Action on Hearing Loss) in the UK who have some form of hearing loss depend on

Members of the Deaf community, along with friends, family and colleagues, were out in force on 11 February at the awards ceremony held to mark the 175th anniversary of the Royal Association for Deaf people (RAD).

More than 370 nominees, sponsors, RAD employees and guests