In launching its Save Services for Deaf Children Campaign it has released research showing that 28 councils have already made cuts to their education services and a further 24 are considered at risk of making cuts.
In Thurrock, for example, an early years teacher for deaf children has been cut as well as £20,000 from the deaf children’s education budget.
The charity’s research found that most councils (96 per cent) making cuts did not consult parents, despite being legally required to.
Much of the information had to be retrieved from councils under a Freedom of Information request, as the charity "faced resistance" from them to disclose the level of cuts to services.
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