How to communicate with a Deaf person - UK Deaf Sport

How to communicate with a deaf person

Advice from deaf personal trainers & teachers for more accessibility.

Here you can find direct advice from deaf personal trainers and teachers on how you can make yourself accessible to a deaf person.

These tips and advice can be applied in a one to one situation, a group sessions and any interaction you may have with a deaf person.

Each deaf person communication needs are different, don’t assume what works for one perosn will work for another, make sure to ask them directly on how they wish to be communicated with.

Sarah Scott has been doing yoga for over 20 years and is a qualified Inner Yoga Trust and British Wheel of Yoga registered teacher.

James Stavros is a personal fitness trainer and a manager of a private gym.

Elisabeth Tauton is deaf herself and is a qualified physiotherapist and Pilates instructor.

Official Partners:

UK Deaf Sport also works with the following partners:

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spot_england

england_cricket

british_gymnastics

eng_athletics

eng_netball

london_sport

disability_bowls

british_blind_sport

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lta_tennis

sense

activity_alliance

eng_golf

eng_cricket_association_deaf

swim_england

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UK Deaf Sport works in partnership with key organisations to ensure that deaf children, young people and adults have equal opportunities to participate and excel in sport and physical activity as their hearing counterparts from grassroots to elite level.

As the National Governing Body for Deaf Sport, UK Deaf Sport are responsible for ensuring good governance including the administration and coordination of deaf sport teams competing abroad at both a British and Home Nation level. UK Deaf Sport is also responsible for the selection and management of the DeaflympicsGB Team, the official team that represents Great Britain at the Summer and Winter Deaflympics.

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