Join us to shout about sight and hearing loss this Deafblind Awareness Week!
24 – 30 June 2024
Deafblind Awareness Week is a key event in our calendar and every year, we strive to help more and more people understand deafblindness and how it affects people.
Deafblindness is a combined sight and hearing impairment which affects over 450,000 people in the UK. It doesn’t always mean no sight or hearing, although for some people this is the case. Deafblindness affects everyone differently, some people need to make small changes to the way they go about everyday life and some people will rely on others for communication and getting about.
Throughout the week we celebrate people living with deafblindness, sharing their stories, achievements and personal successes. We want to show that people living with sight and hearing loss often have the same interests, emotions and ambitions as people who are not deafblind.
So, join us on social media to raise awareness of sight and hearing loss and use #DeafblindAwarenessWeek.
Scroll down to learn more about the people behind this year’s campaign, download our materials and discover the history of Deafblind Awareness Week.
Get involved
Join us on X, LinkedIn, Facebook and Instagram or follow #DeafblindAwarenessWeek to shout about deafblindness!
Download and share the Deafblind Awareness Week email signature, logo and poster to show your support.
Click here to download your Deafblind Awareness Week materials.
Our lovely member, Ricky (introduced below), is doing a Q&A throughout the week. Ricky is very open and articulate and is happy to answer questions about living with sight and hearing loss. This is a chance for people to ask questions that they perhaps don’t feel comfortable asking usually, or just to find out more about life with deafblindness. Get involved by posting a question on our Facebook or X pages. We will post Ricky’s reply later in the week.