A selection of accessible websites and resources on various health topics not covered in our sections.

Access to Care

Santé BD brings together educational tools that explain health topics using drawings and simple language, to help you better understand health and communicate more effectively during medical appointments. CoActis-Santé.

Medipicto AP-HP is an app designed to facilitate communication with patients who have difficulty expressing themselves and/or understanding. AP-HP.

The santetresfacile.fr website allows people with intellectual disabilities to find advice and information presented in an “easy-to-read and easy-to-understand” format as part of their medical care. Association Trisomie 21 France.

Emergency number 114 for people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Accessible via video conference, chat, email, text message, or fax, 24/7.

Reception and Care Units for Deaf Patients in France: all information and contact details for care units. Ministry of Health.

Parenting, Early Childhood

Illustrated guides to support parents in their daily lives: breastfeeding, bottle-feeding, daily care, sleep, safety, child development, etc. Office for Birth and Childhood (Belgium).

LSF videos on pregnancy, from conception to childbirth. Deaf and Health Network of Nord-Pas-de-Calais and Elix.

Text-free breastfeeding brochure and accompanying document for professionals. Federal Committee on Breastfeeding (Belgium).

Diabetes

LSF videos on diabetes. Nord-Pas-de-Calais Deaf and Health Network, Burgundy Deaf and Health Network, and Elix.

Cancer screening

Brochure on mammography developed with deaf women. Prevention and Health in Val d’Oise.

Musculoskeletal disorders

Videos on musculoskeletal disorders showing how to best use computers and phones. Ministry of Prevention and Health (Spain).

Other websites

Surdi Info, the National Information Center on Deafness, which serves individuals affected by deafness, their families, and professionals.