5 posts tagged with "Deafblind Awareness Week"

Thank you so much to Jenny for her lovely video and kind words during Deafblind Awareness Week 2026.

Jenny was born profoundly Deaf and acquired a sight loss later on. She volunteers as one of our valued Deafblind Awareness Officers, helping with the Level 3 qualification in Visual Frame and Hands-on signing, and spreading deafblind awareness in her local community.

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My name is Jenny — my sign name is "Cheeky". I am blind because a football hit me in the face. I went to the hospital and they told me I am definitely blind.

DBE are fantastic, perfect, wow! I really enjoy it. The guides are really good, I'm so happy! They have helped me so much. Wow! We have a good laugh! Woohoo! Good, thank you!

Jimmy is one of Deafblind Enablement's valued Deafblind Awareness Officers. For Deafblind Awareness Week, Jimmy tells us about himself to help create awareness.

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Hello, my name is Jimmy and I use deafblind manual, fingerspelling and sign language.

How I am deafblind: I was born Deaf and partially sighted. Then, when I was 18 years old, I went blind in my right eye.

Happy Deaf Awareness Week.

Enjoy learning to sign and communicate, so that we become inclusive for all Deaf and deafblind people.

Well done to Remark for their video marking the week.

Deafblind Awareness Week (23 - 29 June)​

In today's world, we frequently hear about awareness months, weeks or days that strive to shine the spotlight on social concerns, medical conditions and disability issues. The main objective of these campaigns is to promote greater awareness among the public and giving clear signposts for action in terms of how society can change attitudes and realign perceptions in a more positive light.

Did you know that in 2011 we celebrate the 10 year anniversary of Section 7 “Social Care Guidance for Deafblind Adults and Children”. Debbie James, Director (and founder) of Deafblind Enablement, was involved in campaigning for it’s implementation and continues to push it forward by training assessors and fighting for the rights of deafblind people.