Topic - Sensory Impairment
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- Sensory Services
Glasgow City Council provides a range of support for sensory impaired people living in the City. Users include- deaf, deafened and hearing impaired: blind and visually impaired people; deafblind individuals. Carers, families and professionals also use our services. Services include assessment of social care and technical needs and provision of equipment and assistive devices to help with independent living. Contact details are provided for arranging services. - Sign Language Interpreter Service
This is the website of the Glasgow City Council Sign Language Interpreter Service. The SLIS provides Sign to English and English to Sign interpreting and translating in a wide range of settings. It also provides training on how to use an interpreter, translation of text into sign and communication skills assessments. The site contains information on the functions of the service and guidelines for both interpreters and service users to adhere to. Contact information is supplemented by an online booking form and an opportunity to provide feedback about the service. - Visibility
Visibility, the new name for Glasgow and the West of Scotland Society for the Blind, has been working with visually impaired people for 145 years. This site contains details of activities, news and job vacancies. - Deaf Connections
Deaf Connections is one of the world's oldest charities working with the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. Based in Glasgow and operating health services throughout Scotland including training in British Sign Language and related subjects, literacy and numeracy support, health information and advice, ICT training, communication services, community development, clubs and youth activities. Deaf Connections hosts social clubs for the Deaf community in Glasgow. - Sense Scotland
This is the website of Sense Scotland a registered company for charitable purposes and a part of the UK National Deafblind and Rubella Association. It is a significant service which supports the complex needs of children and adults with sensory impairment, learning and physical disabilities. Main features of the site include information on conferences, publications and fundraising with the facility to make a donation online. A list of services includes advisory and family support. - Betterhearing.co.uk
This is the site of Betterhearing.co.uk. Betterhearing believes there is much confusion in the UK regarding hearing aids and services available for the hard of hearing and the deaf. This site offers advice and help for those hard of hearing in the UK. - British Deaf Association
This site contains the latest information about the British Deaf Association, British Sign Language and the Deaf community. The BDA is the UK’s largest national organisation run by Deaf people, for Deaf people. This excellent site offers a wealth of information ranging from factsheets, events, news, videos and the opportunity to make a donation online or visit the online shop. - British Tinnitus Association
Charitable organisation which aims to provide information about tinnitus and to encourage and finance research into the condition. This site contains conference details, research information and links to other relevant sites. - Deafblind UK
Deafblind UK is currently assisting thousands of deafblind or dual sensory impaired people throughout the country to cope with their disability and to lead as fulfilled and independent lives as possible. Deafblind UK offers comprehensive services to deafblind people, their support assistants and other professionals. These include training in communication and rehabilitation skills; a free 24 hour helpline; a regional network of staff and volunteers; a varied leisure programme and a range of publications in different reading formats. - DisabledGo
This is an access information service for disabled people which now covers a number of areas in the UK including Glasgow. Users can check out how accessible Glasgow's shops, pubs and other premises really are. The aim of the site is to enable disabled people (along with friends, family and carers) to participate more fully in community life by providing free detailed access information. DisabledGo access guides provide detailed and accurate data for people with hearing, vision or mobility impairments about access in each town and city featured. Each venue has been visited and assessed. - Guide Dogs for the Blind Association
The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (GBDA) is a registered charity which provides guide dogs, mobility and other rehabilitation services that meet the needs of blind and partially sighted people. A Scotland section of the website contains information on local news and local and national events, and contact details for Guide Dogs Centres, Guide Dogs Fundraising Branches, local societies for the blind, and eye hospitals and clinics. Larkhall Office: Opening hours - Mon-Fri, 9-5. - National Deaf Children's Society
NDCS is an organisation of parents, families and carers which exists to support parents in enabling their child to maximise their skills and abilities; and works to facilitate this process by every means possible. - National Library for the Blind
This is the website of the National Library for the Blind which provides a gateway to library and information services for visually impaired people. The National Library for the Blind holds Europe’s largest collection of Braille and Moon books and provide a free postal library service to blind and partially sighted people worldwide. - Playback Recording Service for the Blind
Playback Recording Service for the Blind is a Glasgow-based registered charity which provides a recording service to blind and visually impaired persons of printed literature including newspapers, magazines and newsletters. This website includes background information on the organisation, information on publications recorded, contact information, and an online catalogue of all publications. - Royal National Institute for Deaf People
The Royal National Institute for Deaf People (RNID) is a registered charity representing deaf and hard of hearing people in the United Kingdom. The website contains latest news on relevant issues, information including a directory of services for the deaf and hard of hearing, a comprehensive database of equipment, and leaflets and factsheets, details of services on offer such as communication services and training courses and disability solutions for businesses which want to improve their services for disabled people. Also available are employment services, care services and RNID Typetalk, and an online shop. Glasgow office: Opening hours - Mon-Thurs, 9-5, Fri, 9-4. Local services : Enquiries by phone, fax, letter and personal visit. Contact the RNID Helpline (0870 6050123) for a publications catalogue. Copies of the bi-monthly magazine "One in 7" , annual reports and a range of leaflets are available. One day course on deaf awareness and disability awareness are offered at approx. £420 per course. - Royal National Institute of the Blind
RNIB are the UK’s leading charity offering information, support and advice to over two million people with sight problems. This site contains information about research, an electronic library, details of employment opportunities and statistics. - The National Association of Deafened People
The National Association of Deafened People was founded as a charity in 1984 by a group of deafened people who felt that their needs were only partly catered for by existing organisations. This site contains details of publications, reports, news and links to other sites.
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