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Holyrood backs Deaf Awareness Week
MSPs back Deaf Awareness Week motions calling for more support for deaf children.

9 in 10 teachers don’t get enough training to educate deaf children
Almost all teachers say their training didn't give them enough information to educate deaf students.

Specialist teachers for deaf children at 10-year low
Teachers of the Deaf fall for seventh time in a decade, with 1 in 6 leaving the profession since 2011.

1 in 4 councils have no specialist units for deaf children
New interactive map shows shocking disparities in support for deaf children as specialist units plummet.

Charity calls for urgent action on face coverings in schools
Our list of measures the Government must take to counteract the negative impacts of face masks.

“Horrendous” children’s audiology failings at NHS Lothian
New report shows at least 887 children have been let down over nine years, at least 100 of whom were deaf.

Face masks to return to communal areas in schools
Our Deputy Director, Jo Campion, reacts to the news that secondary school pupils will wear face masks.

2 in 3 teachers don’t know how to teach a deaf child
Two thirds of teachers across England say they don’t know how to educate deaf students effectively.

Lack of subtitles stops deaf people seeing first deaf superhero
Half of UK cinemas did not screen The Eternals with subtitles during its opening week.