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National Institute for the Deaf

NID-NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR THE DEAF
VISION:

The vision of the National Institute for the Deaf is to develop the full potential of every person with hearing loss in the following categories in South-Africa.

Pre-lingual hearing loss:
Persons with hearing loss is a diverse group where "Deaf" with an uppercase "D" denotes Deaf people whose primary medium of communication is Sign Language, a visual & spatial language, having their own culture, Deaf culture.
They see themselves as a linguistic and cultural minority group.

Post-lingual hearing loss:
The other groupings are:
· persons who experience mild, moderate, moderately severe, severe and profound hearing loss later in life;
· persons who have visual impairments and have hearing loss refers to themselves as deafblind (deafblindness is perceived as a disability separate from deafness and blindness).

All groupings are faced with enormous communication barriers and inequality when they want/need to access services and community processes.
Often they are left out when decisions are made that affect their and their family's lives. As such they form a disadvantaged and vulnerable group.
MISSION:

The mission of the National Institute for the Deaf is:
 To empower all persons with hearing loss to attain their full potential through education, development, training, social services and spiritual care
 To provide these services and make them accessible to persons with hearing loss
 To promote charitable activities, in particular to develop and care for needy and multiple disabled persons with hearing loss and
 To raise funds for these purposes

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