Scottish Council on Deafness
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For a fairer future, we need you to:

  • Improve access to information by providing secure, long-term funding to train more communication support professionals

  • Establish a Deaf Studies Degree Course in at least one Scottish university

  • Continue to promote compliance with the Disability Discrimination Act for accessible information and improve access to information about the Act

  • Provide resources to support the Access to Communication in English campaign

  • Continue to be a model of good practice, offering information in a range of formats to ensure that the democratic process is accessible to deaf people

  • Support the campaign to increase TV subtitling on all channels and transmit signed programmes at a more sociable hour