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Deafax
1 Earley Gate
Reading University
Whiteknight Road
PO Box 236
Reading
Berkshire
RG6 6AT
Tel (voice): 0870 770 2461
Tel (text): 0870 770 2463
Web: www.deafax.org and www.deafchild.org
Best time to telephone: 9am - 5pm, Monday - Friday
The Deafax vision is a world where deaf children, young people and adults acquire the necessary communication and literacy skills to enable them to participate fully in everyday life. They aim to achieve this by encouraging the use of 21st century technologies within the deaf community both nationally and internationally. Contact the address above for further details or visit the websites which include details of Deafax' activities plus pages on the following projects.
- Deaf adults / training and employment
- Deafchild UK
- Deafchild international
- Deafyouth
- Deafax research
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