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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.
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?
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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