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Our vision: A society where deafblind people have the permanent support and recognition necessary to be equal citizens

Get Communicating

Deafblindness is a disability of a different order.The impact on a person’s ability to interact with both people and the environment is uniquely disabling. Anything we can do, therefore, to reduce that effect is vital and the key to this is communication. Deafblind people use a range methods to communicate, often using two at a time to access information e.g. lipreading whilst watching sign language or receiving Deafblind Manual to clarify names.


Making Information Accessible

Clear Speach

British Sign Language

Hands-on-Signing

Visual Frame Signing

Lipreading

Block

Keyboard Interpreting

Braille & Moon

Deafblind Manual







 

The association of deafblind and dual sensory impaired people