Disability Presentation
Deaf-Blindness
Legal Definition- Simultaneous hearing and visual
impairments, the combination of which causes such severe communication and
other developmental and educational needs that they cannot be accommodated in
special education programs solely for children with deafness or children with
blindness.
Causes-
·
Illness
·
Accident
·
Genetic
syndrome like Usher Syndrome
·
Premature
birth
·
Meningitis
·
Post-natal
complications
Characteristics-
·
Auditory
impairment and visual impairment with vision loss being the primary disability
— Auditory
impairment and vision impairment with auditory impairment as the primary
disability
— Auditory
impairment and blindness; deafness and visual impairment, and deaf-blindness
— Congenitally
Deaf-Adventitiously Blind
— Congenitally
Deaf-Blind
— Adventitiously
Deaf-Blind
— Adventitiously
Deaf-Congenitally Blind
Degrees
— Hard
of Hearing-Blind
— Hard
of Hearing-Visually Impaired
— Deaf-Visually
Impaired
— Deaf-Blind
Challenges
·
Dependent on
others
·
Communication
·
Navigating
surroundings
·
Finding
social, living, and employment situations
·
Reaction
from others because of differences
Learning Strategies-
— Talk
with student (where possible) to see what resources they require.
— Assisted
Listening Devices- Small device worn by instructor that increases volume
and clarity of lecture.
— Interpreter
— Note
takers
— Tutors
— Readers
— Handouts
that are converted into students preferred reading style (i.e. braille)
— Large
Print/Braille Materials or Taped Textbooks
— Reading
Machines
— Audiovisual
Materials
— Oral
tests, extended test time, reading machine, better lighting and possibly test
converted to braille
Additional Resources
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