Vermont Project for Students
with Deaf-Blindness
The Vermont State Project for Children and
Youth with Deaf-Blindness focuses on the needs of children with deaf-blindness (D-B) or
who are at risk for deaf-blindness and their families. The Project offers on-site
technical assistance, training, and family support, through the I-Team, to children who
are included on the D-B Census.
National
Technical Assistance Consortium NTAC (The National Technical
Assistance Consortium for Children and Young Adults Who Are Deaf-Blind ) provides
technical assistance to families and agencies serving children and young adults who are
deaf-blind. The primary mission of NTAC is to assist states in improving the quality
of services for individuals (birth to age 28) who are deaf-blind; and to increase the
numbers of children, young adults, their families, and their service providers who will
benefit from these services.
The Deaf-Blind Association - Victoria
The Deaf-Blind Association was formed in Victoria in 1967 as a self-help group by
families with children with a deafblind disability. The major reason for its establishment
was the lack of services for people with a multi-sensory impairment. The basic objectives
of the Association are to provide services for people with a multi-sensory impairment.
Center for Deaf-Blind
Persons - Israel
The Deaf-Blind population may benefit partially
from services offered by the organizations for the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing and by
services for the Blind and visualy impaired in Israel. However there is a lack of
rehabilitation and social services, which need to be tailored specifically to the needs of
this population.
Your Mining Company Guideto Deafness A
excellent site of information on deafness.
American Association of Deaf-Blind
The American Association of the Deaf-Blind has a mission to assure that a comprehensive,
coordinated system of services is accessible to all deaf-blind persons enabling them to
achieve their maximum potential through increased independence, productivity and
integration into the community. AADB provides basic services to its members such as
print-to-braille or braille-to-print transcription of personal papers, shopping services,
loan of braille books, and other necessities. AADB publishes a quarterly magazine, The
Deaf-Blind American, that provides information on new communication technology,
education, ideas on mobility, and human interest stories. The association has a lending
library of braille materials, and the AADB Resource Directory for which there is a charge.
Deaf-REACH
of Washington, D.C.
In March of 1972, the National Health Care Foundation for the Deaf, Inc.--now doing
business as Deaf-REACH--was founded as a nonprofit, 501(c)(3) organization within the
District of Columbia.
Retinitis Pigmentosa
Retinitis Pigmentosa International supports research to end blindness from degenerative
eye disease, promote a public awareness and education campaign, and provide human services
programs to better the quality of life for those with vision loss. Retinitis Pigmentosa
International publishes a quarterly newsletter The Night Lighter, and offers many
pamplets on current treatments, and research in progress. They have available "How
to Survive Losing Vision" in print and audio versions. Call for charges for these
and any other information.
RRTC for Deaf or Hard of Hearing
The University of Arkansas Rehabilitation Research and Training Center for Persons who are
Deaf or Hard of Hearing (RT-31) was established in 1981. The mission of the Center is to
develop a coordinated, advanced program of rehabilitation research and provide training to
rehabilitation research and service personnel to enhance the rehabilitation outcomes of
persons who are deaf or hard of hearing
Kramer's Talking Glove
Project
James Kramer and his supervisor, Larry Leifer, have
been working on a method for communication between Deaf, Deaf-Blind and Non-vocal
individuals. It is a complete system, which attempts to integrate a number of technologies
together, in such a way that all parties can communicate.
CHARGE Syndrome CHARGE
Syndrome Foundation, Inc. 2004 Parkade Boulevard Columbia, MO 65202-3121
CHARGE
Association refers to children with a specific set of birth defects.
A
Deaf blindness Web Resource
There was a lack of WWW resources for information on deafblindness, so I decided to try
and build up a small site with information on it, and pointers to other related sites. It
mainly concentrates on deafblindness although I may include pointers to sites dealing with
deafness and blindness. It is felt that Dual
Sensory Impairment should be treated separately from deafness and from blindness because
"the whole is greater than the sum of the parts".
29 USC Sec. 1901 (01-16-960
Congressional Findings Deaf Blindness The Congress finds that Deaf-blindness is among
the most severe of all forms of disabilities, and there is a great and continuing need for
services and training to help individuals who are deaf-blind attain the highest possible
level of development etc.
Net Connections to
Communication Disorders and Sciences The Internet provides access to many
valuable resources for professionals and students in communication disorders and sciences
as well as for persons with communication disabilities and those who are part of their
lives. Previous versions of this guide were provided in both html and ascii formats. By
version 5 the ascii format had grown to well over 100 pages downloaded. Starting with
version 6, a decision was made to provide only mailing lists in ascii. As the information
continues to grow on the Internet, version 7 has integrated the information with the
former Communication Disorders Home Page.
