Deaf Inclusion Compliance Auditing · UK
Not because you're malicious. Because nobody has ever walked through your doors and told you exactly where the gaps are — backed by law, lived experience, and a clear plan to fix it.
"I've sat in meetings where no interpreter was booked. Attended universities where my lecturer had never heard of a PEEP. Applied for jobs where the entire process assumed I could use a phone.
This isn't a diversity box to tick. It's a legal duty you're probably breaching right now."
You assume deafness is one thing. It isn't. A BSL user and someone who lip-reads have completely different needs — and most organisations treat them identically.
Your reasonable adjustments live in a policy document. Not in practice. Deaf employees and students are still navigating inaccessible environments every single day.
You've never had a deaf person audit you. Internal equality reviews miss what's obvious to someone who's lived this — because they don't know what questions to ask.
The legal exposure is growing. Equality Act 2010. BSL Act 2022. Tougher enforcement. The question isn't whether you're at risk — it's how much.
"I didn't learn about deaf inclusion from a textbook. I learned it from every room that wasn't built for me. Every lecture I couldn't follow. Every interview where no one asked what I needed. Every workplace that thought a flashing fire alarm was 'going above and beyond.'
That's why Deaf Hands exists — to translate that experience into change your organisation can actually make."
Not what the Equality Act says you should have — what it actually feels like when it's absent. That distinction is the entire value of this audit.
Every finding is tied to a specific legal duty: Equality Act 2010, BSL Act 2022, Health & Safety at Work Act 1974. This isn't opinion — it's obligation.
You leave with a prioritised action list — what's legally urgent, what's high impact, what you can fix this week. Not a 40-page report that sits on a shelf.
Use the Deaf Hands audit tool — built around UK law and real deaf experience — to assess your organisation right now. Universities and employers each have a tailored checklist: 37 items, 7 categories.
Takes 20–30 minutes. No sign-up. You get a live compliance score and a Priority Gaps Report. Download it as a PDF and see exactly where you stand.
I come to you. I walk your spaces, sit in your meetings, review your policies, and test your systems as a deaf person would actually experience them — not as a clipboard exercise.
Half-day or full-day for employers. Full-day or two-day for universities. Written audit report within 5 working days, with findings mapped to specific legal duties.
Not recommendations. A prioritised action plan — what's legally urgent, what's high impact, what you can do this week with no budget, and what needs investment.
Optional follow-up: staff deaf awareness training, policy drafting, and a 90-day check-in to review progress. You don't just know the gaps — you close them.
Start Here — Free
No commitment. No sign-up. Just an honest look at where you stand — scored, categorised, and downloadable as a PDF. Most organisations are surprised by what they find.
Run the Audit Now →Use the free Deaf Hands audit tool below. 37 items. 7 categories. A live compliance score and a downloadable PDF gaps report — in under 30 minutes.
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