The Trust began its work in 1984 in order to develop a more active link between research and the practical needs of the Deaf community.
It has carried out research work on young Deaf infants in order to find out about the early development of sign language and has worked on health issues with retired Deaf people. There has been work on every age group in between.
We have seen major changes in the Deaf community in this time. When we began Deaf people were in low paid jobs in factories and in manual work. Nowadays, Deaf people go to University and work in offices and in media and technology. Deaf schools are likely to use BSL and Deaf Studies is available at University and in Deaf schools.
The list of projects carried out by the Trust are indicated here and many of these are published or will be made available on the downloads page.
