Deaf N Able Community Interest Company

24/12/2025

First, that despite all the doom and gloom we read and hear about, the world is actually full of wonderful people who will do whatever they can to help. Second, don’t go anywhere without a phone. Ros and I have always made a point of leaving ours at home when we walk or run — not least because we spend too much time on them — but never again. And third, if you don’t know how to administer basic first aid and resuscitate someone then please learn. Indeed, why not buy a relative or friend a course (see below) for Christmas? Trust me, the look of disappointment on their face when they open the envelope on Thursday will be more than offset by the gratitude they feel if they ever have to use the skills they learn. Particularly if it is to help someone they love. Priceless.

A dramatic incident in rural Gloucestershire highlights the critical need for immediate medical knowledge

23/12/2025

Good advice

Make this holiday season hearing-loss friendly with practical tips to reduce stress, prevent listening fatigue, and enjoy family and friends.

21/12/2025

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/12149148

DEAF N ABLE C.I.C. - Free company information from Companies House including registered office address, filing history, accounts, annual return, officers, charges, business activity

09/12/2025

We are very pleased to welcome you to our Independent Living Centre. This has been a joint venture between our Adult Social Care teams and the Council for Voluntary Services in Telford. Giving the local community the opportunity to access advice and equipment to stay independent at home and in the c...

08/12/2025

This book is aimed at children to help them understand what it’s like to have “ poorly ears”

Found on Google from juliadonaldson.co.uk

06/12/2025

240,000 BSL users, was there any mention of the 18 million hearing impaired community in this country! It’s NOT all about BSL users, we suffer discrimination constantly

Locked Out.
That’s the title of the new UK Government report exposing the continuing exclusion of Deaf and Deafblind BSL users from health and social care across the UK.

Its findings are powerful — and painful:
• BSL users are still unable to book GP appointments
• Interpreters are still refused or unavailable
• Deaf people continue to be misdiagnosed or discharged without informed consent
• Access to mental health support remains inconsistent and often inaccessible

For many in our community, this is not surprising.
It simply names what we have lived.

And it is exactly why Deaf4Deaf exists.

As we approach 10 years of providing therapy by Deaf therapists, for Deaf clients, this report reinforces what we have known all along:

Deaf people need — and deserve — culturally competent, BSL-accessible, trauma-informed mental health care.

Mainstream services still struggle to meet these needs.
Deaf4Deaf was created to close that gap.

For nearly a decade, we have provided:
• Direct BSL therapy and supervision
• Deaf-centred clinical models
• Trauma-informed, culturally grounded practice
• A safe space where Deaf experiences do not need to be explained or justified
• Support that recognises the impact of systemic audism, exclusion, and moral injury

The Locked Out report is not just evidence — it is a call to action.

Deaf-led mental health services are not an optional extra.
They are essential, effective, and life-saving.

As Deaf4Deaf moves into its next decade, we remain committed to:
• Challenging systemic exclusion
• Providing accessible therapeutic support
• Training clinicians to work ethically with Deaf clients
• Developing Deaf-led supervision and clinical models
• Advocating for long-overdue structural change

Deaf4Deaf exists because our community deserves better.
And we will continue leading the way.

InclusiveHealthcare TraumaInformedCare DeafCommunity HealthInequality DeafLed

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bsl-user-experience-of-health-and-social-care-in-uk/locked-out-exclusion-of-deaf-and-deafblind-bsl-users-from-health-and-social-care-in-the-uk-full-report-bsl-and-english-versions

05/12/2025

Final Tinnitus session of the year this Tuesday. See you there?

05/12/2025

It effects everyone

19/11/2025

If its this noisy, you cant hide it !!!

About ten soldiers who took part in a training exercise on Ajax vehicles in the summer, weeks before the vehicle was declared ready for operations, were sent to hospital for problems including serious headaches, loss of balance, motion issues and tinnitus, a defence source said.

The army refused to disclose whether the problems were ongoing but for at least two individuals health issues have persisted, The Times has been told.

The source said about five soldiers were initially medically downgraded. Some were later deemed fit for operations but at least two “have yet to be medically upgraded”. This medical grading affects the rest of their career.

Five soldiers were medically downgraded and two remain out of action despite a minister’s claim that the noisy armoured vehicles, which cost £10m each, were safe to use

14/11/2025

Better Living Daily