Communication support
Who pays?
Disability Living Allowance
Disability Living Allowance - sometimes referred to as DLA - is a tax-free benefit for children and adults who need help with personal care or have walking difficulties because they are physically or mentally disabled.
Access to Work
Access to Work (AtW) is available to help overcome the problems resulting from disability. It offers practical advice and help in a flexible way that can be tailored to suit the needs of an individual in a particular job.
The cost of communication support can also be met in various other ways dependign on the circumstances.
- Service providers
- Your employer
- Your college
- The event organisers
If you need to attend a lecture or meeting contact the people organising the event and ask what facilites they have for deaf people.
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This blog is about living with a hearing loss in London (UK), bringing up various issues surrounding hearing loss.
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For over seventeen years, Teletec has brought the cutting edge in text communication technologies to people with hearing loss in the UK. Hearing Concern. is now campaigning for a 24 hour, 7 day and 365 day service at no cost to the user other than a standard telephone call cost.