Deafness Site
	Felicity Bleckly BellaOnline's Deafness Editor

AA Help people communicate with you [offsite link]
A number of items which you may find help others communicate with you. Feel free to print them and pass around or put them on a notice board or other conspicuous place. (Kitchen, bathroom, lift etc)

Communicating with deaf people
Here are some tips about how you can help communication with a deaf or hard of hearing person. Why not print them out and put them in a prominent space at your work, club or home.

Deaf discrimination at work
A discussion on whether discrimination at work exists for the deaf and if so in what forms and how can it be overcome.

Deaf Employment Articles [offsite link]
This site contains information on the Deaf and the challenges they face in the workplace.

Job hunting if you're deaf
Finding a job if you’re deaf can be almost impossible. How do you apply when you need to use a phone and can’t?

Take the deafness challenge
Not everyone hears as well as you do and for those who can’t, just doing normal things becomes a challenge. Why not take the deafness challenge in a fun experiment. You could find it enlightening

Working without hearing [offsite link]
This site offers advice and information about how to keep your job if you have hearing loss.

Workplace strategies for the deaf
Statistics show that people with a hearing loss on average are more likely to be unemployed, under employed or paid less than their hearing counterparts. However with just a little thought and consideration people with a hearing loss are productive employees.

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