OTHER DEAF-BLIND RESOURCES
A-Z to Deafblindness
In addition to lists of Internet resources on Deaf-Blindness, this site includes a personal narrative of the website host, explaining how he communicates and navigates in his world. Other resources include lists of accessible search engines on the Internet, resources on blindness, deafness, and other disabilities, sources of equipment and suppliers, and newsgroups and listservs.
Website: www.deafblind.com
California Deaf-Blind Services
This state agency promotes positive quality of life for individuals from birth through age 21 who have both hearing and vision loss. The goal of the project is to facilitate maximum participation in preferred life activities. California Deaf-Blind Services collaborates with individuals who are deaf-blind to celebrate strengths, recognize unique needs, and develop personalized supports and services. Website resources include a quarterly newsletter (back issues are posted on the site), a collection of 36 fact sheets on various topics (including versions of some sheets in Spanish, Chinese, Laotian, and Vietnamese), a bibliography of library resources, and links to other organizations.
Website: www.sfsu.edu/~cadbs/Index.html
Deaf-Blind Children Home Page
T his website presents information on Deaf-Blindness from a parent's perspective. Website features include a Chat Room and listserv to join.
Website: www.geocities.com/Heartland/Meadows/5939/index.html
A Deafblindness Web Resource
comprehensive resource list, updated in 2000, with information on conferences, publications, Internet sites, organizations, service providers, equipment, and bibliographies.
Website: www.deafblind.co.uk/index.html
Family Village: A Global Community of Disability-Related Resources This site is a resource for US programs as well as international programs and resources on Deaf-Blindness.
Website: www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/lib_debl.htm
Perkins School for the Blind
The Perkins School for the Blind celebrated its 175th anniversary in 2004. Laura Bridgman, the first known formally trained Deaf-Blind person, was a student at the Perkins School. Helen Keller is perhaps the most famous Deaf-Blind student from Perkins, and her teacher, Anne Sullivan, was a Perkins graduate.
Address: 175 North Beacon Street, Watertown, MA 02472
Switchboard: 617-924-3434
Fax: 617-926-2027
Email: Info@Perkins.org
Website: www.perkins.org
Seattle Deaf-Blind Service Center (DBSC)
The DBSC was founded through the grassroots efforts of Deaf-Blind community members fifteen years ago. Core services include case management and advocacy, a Support Service Provider (SSP) program, the Deaf-Blind Mentor Program, and the Seabeck Deaf-Blind Retreat.
Gail Ploman, Director
Address: 1620 18th Avenue, Suite 200, Seattle, WA 98122
Phone/TTY: 206- 325 7241
Email: gploman@seattledbsc.org
Website: www.deafblindlh.com/dbsc.htm
Sense: The National Deafblind and Rubella Association (United Kingdom)
Sense is an international organization working and campaigning for Deaf-Blind people, their families, and professionals who work with them. One interesting feature of this site is the "Equipment" page, which gives "life stories" of different Deaf-Blind individuals and the equipment they use.
Address: 11-13 Clifton Terrace, Finsbury Park, London, N4 3SR
Telephone: 020 7272 7774
Textphone (TTY): 020 7272 9648
Fax: 020 7272 6012
E-mail: enquiries@sense.org.uk
Website: www.sense.org.uk
Colorado Commission for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
1575 Sherman Street, 2nd Floor . Denver, CO 80203
TTY: 303-866-4734 . Voice: 303-866-4824 . Fax: 303-866-4831
Email: Deaf.Commission@state.co.us . Website: www.ColoradoDeafCommission.Com
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in alphabetic order by name of organization. These listings should not be
taken as an endorsement or recommendation of individual organizations or
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