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Sense-National Deafblind and Rubella Association — Sense is a national charity in the United Kingdom that supports and campaigns for children and adults who are deafblind. It provides specialist information, advice and services to deafblind people, their families, carers and the professionals who … Wikipedia
Deafblindness — Deafblind American author, activist, and lecturer Helen Keller in 1904 Deafblindness is the condition of little or no useful sight and little or no useful hearing.[1][2] Educationally, individua … Wikipedia
Tactile signing — is a common means of communication used by people with both a sight and hearing impairment (see Deafblindness), which is based on a standard system of Deaf manual signs.Kinds of tactile signingSeveral methods of Deafblind communication may be… … Wikipedia
Telecommunications Relay Service — Telecommunications Relay Service, also known as TRS, Relay Service, or IP Relay, is an operator service that allows people who are Deaf, Hard–of–Hearing, Speech–Disabled, and DeafBlind to place calls to standard telephone users via a keyboard or… … Wikipedia
Council for the Advancement of Communication with Deaf People — Signature (previously the The Council for the Advancement of Communication with Deaf People or CACDP) is a charity in the whose aim is to improve communication between deaf and hearing people in the United Kingdom. Signature offers a portfolio of … Wikipedia
Tadoma — is a method of communication used by deafblind people, in which the deafblind person places his/her thumb on the speaker s lips and his fingers along the jawline. The middle three fingers often fall along the speaker s cheeks with the little… … Wikipedia
Wilhelm Jerusalem — (October 11, 1854, Drenitz/Drenic (Dřenice u Chrudimi), Bohemia July 15, 1923, Vienna) was an Austrian Jewish philosopher and pedagogue.He studied classical philosophy at the University of Prague and did a doctorate about the theme The… … Wikipedia
Perkins School for the Blind — in Watertown, Massachusetts is one of the oldest and most prominent schools for the blind in the United States.HistoryThe school is named in honor of Thomas Handasyd Perkins, a wealthy and visually impaired 19th century Boston shipping merchant,… … Wikipedia
Special education — Not to be confused with Gifted education. For the Glee episode, see Special Education (Glee) … Wikipedia
W. Ross Macdonald School — The W. Ross Macdonald School was founded in 1872 in Brantford, Ontario, Canada, and provides instruction from kindergarten to secondary school graduation for blind and deafblind students.The school is one of two special residential facilities in… … Wikipedia
