Challenges
The combination of visual impairment and auditory impairment creates a more challenging disability than either of these conditions present alone.
Consider these challenges commonly faced by deaf-blind individuals:
Two of the most difficult challenges faced by the deaf-blind today are:
You can help alleviate some of these challenges by supporting AzADB.
Consider these challenges commonly faced by deaf-blind individuals:
- Increased situations in which they have to depend on others in order to feel safe and informed
- Learning and using alternative communication strategies
- Becoming aware of and navigating their physical surroundings
- Finding social, living, and employment situations that fit their individual talents, needs, and aspirations
- Attitudinal barriers that complicate their interactions with non-deaf-blind people
- Feelings of isolation and loneliness due to limitations in communication and mobility
Two of the most difficult challenges faced by the deaf-blind today are:
- Obtaining adequate amounts of Individual Support Services Provision to access the community
- Obtaining available Assistive Technologies to access information
You can help alleviate some of these challenges by supporting AzADB.
