Sensory walk and activity day in Exeter

Sense, the national deafblind charity, hosted a 4 km sensory walk and activity day in Exeter on Friday 24 June to celebrate Deafblind Awareness Week.

The day, which included arts and crafts displays and tasters in signing and braille, built on the success of last year’s event which was organised by Roger Mulholland, a local deafblind man who has sadly since passed away.

The 4 km sensory walk named “Roger’s Walk” in Roger Mulholland’s memory was led by a group of individuals who benefit from the services Sense provides. In attendance was Local M.P. Ben Bradshaw and Deputy Lord Mayor, Cllr Peter Holland

Jane and Peter Mulholland, parents of Roger, said: “It was fantastic to see so many people from the local Sense community enjoying the day together. The public showed a great interest in learning about the work that Sense do, the daily challenges faced by deafblind people and appreciating the displays showing some of their recent achievements.”

Deafblind Awareness Week was introduced to raise awareness of the unique disability and those affected by it.  Deafblindness is a combined sight and hearing impairment which causes difficulties with communication, access to information and mobility.  It is a unique disability due to the combined impact of the loss of both senses and many deafblind people cannot access mainstream services or those designed for people with a single sensory loss.