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DeafBlind and Disabilities

Many people are both deaf and blind. Syndromes causing deafblindness and individual deafblind people such as Helen Keller.
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What Is It Like to Be Deaf-Blind?

What is it like to be deaf-blind, and what are some of the challenges faced by deaf-blind people, especially children?

Deaf and Blind - Coping With Being Deaf and Blind

About.com readers who are both deaf and blind, discuss how they cope with the experience.

DeafBlindness

Feature article on deafblindness.

Deafblind Triplet Daughters

Profile of a family with deafblind triplet daughters.

Helen Keller

Helen Keller is perhaps the best-known deafblind person ever.

Laura Bridgman Julia Brace

Two largely-forgotten deafblind women from the 19th century.

Usher Syndrome

Feature article on Usher Syndrome, a condition that causes deafblindness.

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