Deaf-Blindness

These resources are recommended for families & caregivers by the Special Education Support Center: 

This website is produced by James Gallagher, a deafblind individual. It is intended to help Blind or deaf people, and especially deafblind people, and those who provide specialised services for those who are deafblind. A-Z to Deafblindness is also intended to make people more aware about deafblindness. Within the website you can learn the Deafblind Manual Alphabet and the Two-Handed Manual Alphabet used by sighted Deaf people.

Deaf-Blind Perspectives is a free publication with articles, essays, and announcements about topics related to people who are deaf-blind. Published two times a year (Spring and Fall) by The Teaching Research Institute of Western Oregon University, its purpose is to provide information and serve as a forum for discussion and sharing ideas.

The suggestions in this article are intended for children who range in age from pre-school to high school and who are deafblind with additional disabilities.