The International Deaf Children's Society (IDCS) is the international development wing of The National Deaf Children's Society (NDCS), a UK registered charity founded in 1944. IDCS was launched in 2002.
The World Health Organisation estimates that there are 123 million deaf people worldwide, two thirds of these live in the developing world where only ten per cent of deaf children receive any education at all. In order to meet the needs of some of these millions of unsupported deaf children, IDCS will build on work done by NDCS, one of the best resourced and most experienced organisations working with parents of deaf children.