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Deaf Children's Society launches website
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23/09/08 |
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Parents
and guardians of deaf children are set to benefit from a new
online service, that will help them contact other families
with deaf children across the UK.
The new service, called Parent2Parent Network, launched by
the National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) and the
NHS Newborn Hearing Screening Programme (NHSP) can be accessed
at www.parentsnetwork.org.uk
The online facility enables parents and guardians of deaf
children to search and contact other families based on specific
criteria including geography, age of child, the level of the
child’s hearing loss and the preferred language of the
parents.
Sean Moran, NDCS director of children and young people and
families, said: “90 per cent of deaf children are born
to hearing families who have absolutely no experience of deafness.
Many parents are challenged when they find out that their
child is deaf and can often feel isolated when they don’t
know anyone else who is going through the same experiences.
“Parent2Parent provides parents with the opportunity
to engage other families with deaf children in their local
area or anywhere across the UK. It is these parents who will
be able to understand better than anyone else about each others
fears, concerns and hopes for their deaf child.”
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