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Issued by AIDS Ahead,\r\npart of the British Deaf Association.\r\nColour lithograph\r\n42 x 59.5 cm\r\n                                                                    E.530-1993\r\n\r\n\r\nAIDS Ahead was formed in January 1987 as part of \r\nthe British Deaf Association Health Promotion \r\nService. Its aim is to provide counselling, \r\nfriendship, advice and specialist consultation to \r\ndeaf people on HIV and  sexually-related issues.'"},{"reference":{"text":"","id":""},"details":"","free":"The donor of the poster and director of AIDS Ahead, Peter Jackson, provided the following information stating that the designer of this poster was David Fowler, not Harry McAuslan as recorded at the time of entry: \n\n‘The British Deaf Association had a design team based in Carlisle where its headquarters was at the time and the chief designer was a man named David Fowler who is now unfortunately deceased. 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