Communications Access Consultants are a national organisation with over 50 years combined experience working with deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind and speech impaired people.
We can offer our knowledge and expertise to equip your organisation with the skills required to improve contact with people who have a disability and communicate with deaf, hard of hearing, deafblind and speech impaired people both over the telephone and face-to-face.
We are a centre for CACDP Signature training which leads to an accredited qualification in deaf and deafblind awareness
We offer Textphone / Minicom training both to individuals in their homes and to organisations
We can tailor make deaf, deafblind awareness and communications tactics courses to meet your organisations requirements
We offer disability awareness training, which aims to raise awareness of what is meant by disability and an appreciation of the issues involved.
The Department for Work and Pensions estimates that there are over 10 million disabled people in Britain, with an annual spending power of 80 billion pounds*. Effective implementation of the Disability Discrimination Act not only benefits deaf and disabled people, but it can also improve your organisation’s profile, customer care and help you tap into this large market. *2006 figures
Communications Access Consultants are available to deliver courses at your premises anywhere in the UK.
For information on our courses see Our Training Courses
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The RNID estimates there are nine million deaf and hard of hearing people in the UK, of whom about 450,000 cannot use a standard telephone.
Under the Disability Discrimination Act, citizens who use Textphones should have equal access to services as enjoyed by any other customer.