https://padlet.com/justinwcrawford23/86qkh1joemh78w4l en-us 2021-07-20 19:20:11 UTC 2024-10-15 21:04:05 UTC hello@padlet.com justinwcrawford23 https://padlet.com/justinwcrawford23/86qkh1joemh78w4l/wish/1656231894 Deaf-Blindness means concomitant hearing and visual impairments, the combination of which causes such severe communication and other developmental and educational needs that they cannot be accommodated in special education programs solely for children with deafness or children with blindness. (IDEA '04, U.S. Department of Education)]]> 2021-07-20 19:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/justinwcrawford23/86qkh1joemh78w4l/wish/1656231894 justinwcrawford23 https://padlet.com/justinwcrawford23/86qkh1joemh78w4l/wish/1656237347 The most common abbreviation is Deaf/Blind and the most common acronym is D/B.]]> 2021-07-20 19:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/justinwcrawford23/86qkh1joemh78w4l/wish/1656237347 justinwcrawford23 https://padlet.com/justinwcrawford23/86qkh1joemh78w4l/wish/1656249014 The most common characteristic is anyone who has more advanced or serious visual and hearing impairments. 
However, they can still sometimes hear some familiar things or see some familiar things. 
Also, they are sometimes verbal and can form sentences or conversations with someone else.]]> 2021-07-20 19:58:22 UTC https://padlet.com/justinwcrawford23/86qkh1joemh78w4l/wish/1656249014 justinwcrawford23 https://padlet.com/justinwcrawford23/86qkh1joemh78w4l/wish/1657173847 Deaf-Blindness is typically diagnosed via a hearing and vision test. Deaf-Blindness can sometimes be diagnosed during the newborn screening process. However, it is typically diagnosed when the child is a little bit older. ]]> 2021-07-21 14:22:12 UTC https://padlet.com/justinwcrawford23/86qkh1joemh78w4l/wish/1657173847 justinwcrawford23 https://padlet.com/justinwcrawford23/86qkh1joemh78w4l/wish/1657180222 Students who have Deaf-Blindness get their education in many different styles. However, they are typically in one of 3 settings which include general regular education classrooms, special education classrooms with kids who have different disabilities, or a school designed just for the blind/deaf. ]]> 2021-07-21 14:28:37 UTC https://padlet.com/justinwcrawford23/86qkh1joemh78w4l/wish/1657180222 justinwcrawford23 https://padlet.com/justinwcrawford23/86qkh1joemh78w4l/wish/1657187722 The most common accommodations and adaptations for people with Deaf-Blindness in the classroom are brail machines, assistive technology, hearing aids or assistive listening devices, and glasses. You can allow students to record lectures so they can reference them at a later point. Also, you should provide ample time for tests and assignments as well as to adapt and visual pictures or graphs for students with Deaf-Blindness. ]]> 2021-07-21 14:35:35 UTC https://padlet.com/justinwcrawford23/86qkh1joemh78w4l/wish/1657187722 justinwcrawford23 https://padlet.com/justinwcrawford23/86qkh1joemh78w4l/wish/1657190984 This YouTube video is very inspirational and shows that deaf-blind people can be anything they dream of when they grow up. ]]> 2021-07-21 14:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/justinwcrawford23/86qkh1joemh78w4l/wish/1657190984 justinwcrawford23 https://padlet.com/justinwcrawford23/86qkh1joemh78w4l/wish/1657262244 This is a great resource from the National Center on Deaf-Blindness. It gives you a few tips on modifying the environment of your classroom to better educate students with Deaf-Blindness. ]]> 2021-07-21 16:02:35 UTC https://padlet.com/justinwcrawford23/86qkh1joemh78w4l/wish/1657262244 justinwcrawford23 https://padlet.com/justinwcrawford23/86qkh1joemh78w4l/wish/1657262478 The most common accommodations and adaptations for people with Deaf-Blindness in everyday social scenarios are talking machines, brail machines, other assistive technology, service dogs, walking canes, glasses, and hearing aids. They might also communicate via American Sign Language (ASL).]]> 2021-07-21 16:02:55 UTC https://padlet.com/justinwcrawford23/86qkh1joemh78w4l/wish/1657262478 justinwcrawford23 https://padlet.com/justinwcrawford23/86qkh1joemh78w4l/wish/1657305249 The National Family Association for Deaf-Blindness is a great organization for families of people with Deaf-Blindness. they provide all sorts of resources for the families and they host webinars as well for families of people with Deaf-Blindness. ]]> 2021-07-21 16:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/justinwcrawford23/86qkh1joemh78w4l/wish/1657305249 justinwcrawford23 https://padlet.com/justinwcrawford23/86qkh1joemh78w4l/wish/1657322126 Here is another great resource for teachers. It is from a college system in Canada. However, the guidance and advice it gives can apply to all types of classrooms from kindergarten to college.]]> 2021-07-21 17:12:58 UTC https://padlet.com/justinwcrawford23/86qkh1joemh78w4l/wish/1657322126 justinwcrawford23 https://padlet.com/justinwcrawford23/86qkh1joemh78w4l/wish/1657333842 2021-07-21 17:29:13 UTC https://padlet.com/justinwcrawford23/86qkh1joemh78w4l/wish/1657333842