Links

Here is a list of organisations and their website links that you might find useful:

• www.afasic.org.uk
  A parent-led organisation which helps children and young people with speech and language impairments and their families.
• www.britishdeafassociation.org.uk
  The UK's largest national organisation run by deaf people, for deaf people.
• www.cicsgroup.org.uk
  020 8876 8605 (South)
  01332 365 528 (Midlands)
  CICS provides contact, information and support for families whose children are undergoing assessment for, or already have, a cochlear implant.
• www.communicationsforum.org.uk
  Promotes awareness and knowledge of communication impairment and is an information resource for people with communication impairment, their carers and service providers.
• www.deafnessatbirth.org.uk
  Develops effective practice with deaf babies and their families and is a training and information resource for professionals in the UK.
• www.defeatingdeafness.org
  The UK's only national charity dedicated to helping hearing impaired people through medical research and education.
• www.earfoundation.org.uk
  Provides advice and support to the UK's rapidly growing community of young deaf children with cochlear implants as well as their parents and carers.
• www.esppdeaflibrary.org.uk
  Provides better and wider information for families on deafness and related issues.
• www.ndcs.org.uk
  The National Deaf Children's Society is an organisation of parents, families and carers which exists to support parents in enabling their child to maximise their skills and abilities.
• www.ican.org.uk
  The national educational charity for children with speech and language difficulties.
• Reverb UK
  email: Reverb-UK@yahoogroups.com
  or join at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Reverb-UK/join
  Reverb UK is an email discussion group that allows parents of deaf children in the UK to keep in touch, offer support to each other and to share ideas and information. To join the discussions you need to 1) create a Yahoo ID and then 2) sign up to the Reverb-UK group. For more details contact Cristina Augood at cristina@cismigiu.demon.co.uk or on 020 8947 3250
• www.royaldeaf.org.uk
  Royal Association for Deaf People strives to meet the individual needs of deaf children and adults and deaf/blind people through the provision of services and the use of RAD centres for deaf people.
• www.rcslt.org
  The Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists (RCSLT) is the professional body of and for speech and language therapists (SLTs) in the United Kingdom and Ireland.
• www.rnid.org.uk
  The Royal National Institute for Deaf People is the largest charity representing the nine million deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK.
• www.talkingpoint.org.uk
  Talking Point provides information about speech, language and communication difficulties in children.