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Organisation aims and activities: The National Deaf Childrens Society is an organisation of families, parents and carers which exists to enable deaf children and young people to maximise their skills and abilities. NDCS works to remove all the barriers which hinder this process.

Further details: The National Deaf Childrens Society is an organisation of families, parents and carers which exists to enable deaf children and young people to maximise their skills and abilities. NDCS works to remove all the barriers which hinder this process. NDCS provides advice and information on all aspects of deafness, information about hearing aids and hearing tests, advice on technology and equipment at home, support with benefit claims and appeal tribunals, advice and information on education, support at special educational tribunals, a teacher of the deaf scholarship, a project developing the support available to ethnic minority deaf children and their families, a youth service, a festival of Performing Arts, a mental health research and prevention programme, a wide variety of publications for children and families and a 'listening bus' travelling the country with technology..

Operational level: National

Organisation type: NGO - non governmental organisation

Organisation mandate: Lobby governments and the United Nations

Areas of expertise: Reporting to and monitoring the CRC

Countries in which this organisation works: United Kingdom

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Last updated 25/05/2001 11:14:02

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National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS)