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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.

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.

DeafBlindness
Feature article on deafblindness.

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