A County Tyrone mother says she struggles to communicate with her deaf son due to a difficulty in accessing sign language services.
Ms Boyd's son is profoundly deaf - he has limited-to-no hearing capability."We were handed booklets and stuff of what to do and told we'd get an appointment for his hearing aids. I didn't know what to do, I didn't know anything about being deaf."
"Classes for higher levels of sign language are mostly in the evenings. And the classes [for one level] can range in price from £400-£600 per person - so for me and my partner it's a lot of money," Ms Boyd explained. "Part of our services have been severely impacted by the EA - we are pausing our youth service come September as we can't afford to run them. As a small charity we are continuously battling with funds and very reliant on donations.""We are aware that finding suitable, funded BSL courses is very difficult for parents as most of them are delivered by FE [Further Education] colleges in the evenings and they can be quite expensive," it said.
"A lack of support could have a catastrophic impact on deaf children's development," the charity said."The sign language team is currently planning this year's funded courses by assessing current learning priorities with its deaf organisation delivery partners and through feedback from parents of deaf children."
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