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Deafblind UK
National Centre for Deafblindness
John and Lucille van Geest Place
Cygnet Road
Hampton
Peterborough
PE7 8FD
Tel: 0800 132 320 (24 hour free helpline)
Tel: 01733 358 100
Web: www.deafblind.org.uk
Best time to telephone: normal office hours
Deafblind UK has the following objectives.
- To enable those people with a dual sensory impairment to live full and active lives despite their disability.
- To teach and encourage touch-based communication systems.
- To raise awareness of deafblindness in the caring professions and amongst the wider public, and to ensure that the needs of deafblind people are appropriately met in health / community care planning.
The organisation's activities include the following:
- Visiting / assessing deafblind individuals.
- Participation in national developmental / lobbying groups.
- Contributing to individual community care plans.
- Information and advice on dual sensory loss.
- Social activities for deafblind people; rehabilitation services; holiday flat.
- Independent living accommodation.
- Linking deafblind people through magazines and newspapers in touch-based media.
- International representation.
- Support for families and friends of deafblind members.
Deafblind UK has regional offices - contact the organisation for further details.
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