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About Sense

We believe everyone should be able to take part in life, no matter their disability.

Our work helps thousands of people who are deafblind or who have complex disabilities to communicate, experience the world and fulfil their potential.

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A smiling woman with long red hair moves close to her daughter who's sitting in her pram.

Thanks to specialist support from Sense, we’ve figured out how to make Christmas as special for Verity as it is for the rest of the family.
Sarah, Verity’s Mum

Latest blog posts

Eight Christmas gift ideas for children with visual and/or hearing impairments

Finding something that a young person with sensory impairments can engage with is more important than quantity of presents. Here are Sense’s eight top gift ideas.

Verity in her wheelchair meeting Santa, who is kneeling beside her.

Our whole family can enjoy Christmas together thanks to Sense

Sarah explains how support from Sense has helped her daughter Verity, who has complex disabilities, to embrace Christmas.

A young girl is smiling as she is twirled and lifted in her father's arms.

How music connected us to our daughter’s world

Chloe’s parents were at a low ebb when they found Sense. Their five-year-old daughter, who has autism and global developmental delay, wouldn’t engage with the world around her – or even smile. Sense helped the…

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Little boy, Luca, smiling to a sensory toy

Help a child like Luca find their magic key

Deafblindness can be very isolating for a child. But you can help them find the magic key to communicate with their family.

In front of a wide river, a woman in a wheelchair smiles at the camera, with two young men either side of her. One of the boys is saluting the camera.

Cost of living

Will you join over 80,000 others and add your name to demand more support for disabled people in the cost of living crisis?

A selection of Christmas cards from Sense

Get ready for Xmas

Get organised for December with our Sense Christmas cards, now available