accessible communication

When people are new to a task or situation, they can often find themselves feeling awkward and unprepared. It is a common experience for hearing people meeting or dealing with D/deaf people for the first time to find themselves speaking slowly, in an unusually loud voice, with strangely exaggerated lip patterns and bizarre gesticulation. Follow that with the dawning realisation that they do not know what the politically-correct way of saying 'Deaf person' actually is... and you have the perfect recipe for communication meltdown!

Lexicon | SignStream offers Deaf Awareness training to help individuals and teams of staff to become more familiar with the issues that exist between the hearing and Deaf Communities, and to offer strategies that minimise or resolve them - promoting full and effective communication.