Forthcoming Courses
New Deaf Awareness Course in Preston, 8th May 2012
Come and join us on our next deaf awareness course taking place on 8th May 2012 at Disability Equality NW, 103 Church St Preston. It is a full day session from 9.30am to 4pm, with refreshments included.
The timing couldn’t be better, it is deaf awareness week.
The course is at a knock down price of £40 per person. Please let us know if you have any dietary requirements.
If you never thought about attending deaf awareness have a read of our blog: http://deafcomm.wordpress.com/2011/07/21/why-deaf-awareness/
Participants will receive a certificate of attendance and booklet.
We will be discovering:
• Just how many people are deaf and how to reduce discrimination;
• Lots of different Communication Skills and Tactics that can be used to help make your business services accessible to ALL deaf people;
• Stereotyping, Terminology and Discrimination;
• Technology that can make your businesses accessible and how to use it;
• How to book and use Communication support professionals for different communication preferences, both for deaf English users and BSL users.
You will have opportunities to gain advice and support as well as having a go at being deaf yourself, so you will understand more fully the impact of deafness on mental health and attitudes.
We hope you will join us for what is promised to be a fun, educational and informative day.Hurry, places are limited and likely to go fast.
To book your place on the course, please email us on
