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European Federation of Parents of Hearing Impaired Children (FEPEDA) is an umbrella organization representing parents associations for deaf children.

If a child gives the wrong answer, might the answer still make sense? A story about a girl who saw another meaning for the numeral 11.

How can parents best raise and communicate with a deaf child? And how can the community help? “Helping Children Who Are Deaf” can guide.

They are dancers, scientists, athletes, politicians, actors, and more. Learn about 32 world-changing Deaf women from around the globe.

A program helps with sign language training for parents in the Netherlands and Canada. Parents learn via video interaction and home visits.

Sign language for Sam ended his isolation and his severe language deprivation. A cochlear implant alone was not enough.

Watch as parents share their experiences raising deaf children in Chile. In Spanish and Chilean Sign Language with Spanish captions.

13 Reasons to Sign to Your Hard of Hearing or Cochlear Implanted Child She thought a cochlear implant meant her son wouldn’t need to sign.

Many publications can help families, community leaders, teachers, and professionals help deaf children around the world. Deaf Child Worldwide.

A project is teaching sign language to hearing children in Gaza. As a result, deaf children can more easily integrate with their peers.

What kind of support is best for parents of deaf children? How does interacting with other parents benefit them? Position paper.

What is deafness? What causes it? How does it impact people? What can help? This fact sheet on deafness from WHO addresses these questions.

The Deaf Unit in Cairo, Egypt teaches deaf primary school students. They also teache sign language to parents, families, and communities.

Parents and families of deaf children can transform lives and communities. This manual explains how to help them do that, with case studies.

Many deaf children experience language deprivation. Article summarizes the situation around the world, but with an emphasis on the U.S.

Author explains research on sign language for deaf children. Says all deaf children need sign language, with or without cochlear implants.

A deaf audiology student process of turning on a cochlear implant for the first time. She also shares her own cochlear implant experience.

Deaf students want teachers to communicate in sign language and to teach them well. Watch them explain how in this 5-minute video.

A special section of the American Annals of Deafness journal has a series of articles on South African Deaf education and Deaf community.

Guides educators, others in how to help deaf or disabled students learn to read. Explains principles of universal design for learning (UDL).