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Working together with disabled parents

Deaf Parenting Project

The Deaf Parenting Project was formed in response to the lack of accessible information available for Deaf parents. A member of staff from DPPi got together with organisations working with deaf people, deaf parents and professionals as well as mainstream parenting organisations to form a working group. This group meets regularly to look at ways of improving information and service provision for deaf parents. Advances have been made in the area and the group is currently involved in:

• Producing a book for deaf pregnant women with The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID),
• Making a short video with funding from a SCOPE millennium grant
• Setting up an email group (send a blank email to deafparenting@groups.yahoo.co.uk) for deaf parents and anyone interested in the issues around deaf parenting
• Working on constructing a website for deaf parents. The site will also contain information to inform professionals working with deaf and hard of hearing parents i.e. booking and working with sign language interpreters, deaf awareness tips for midwives and other health professionals, advice on making schools accessible for deaf parents etc.

For more information about the group or anything mentioned above, contact Becki Josiah at the National Centre for Disabled Parents.

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