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This deafblind person was born in 1880
Who is Helen Keller?
A method of communication that uses block letters on the palm of the deafblind person's hand
What is print on palm?
This cause of deafblindness is often seen in the deaf community. The deafblindness person often experiences a progressive loss of peripheral vision
What is Usher's Syndrome?
Deafblindess is the loss of these 2 senses
What is hearing and vision?
This type of technology is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities.
What is assistive technology?
Helen Keller's teacher
Who is Anne Sullivan
The method of communication when a person uses the manual alphabet
What is Fingerspelling?
Cytomegalovirus and Hydrocephaly are examples of this type of cause of deafblindess
What are prenatal complications?
True or False...People that are deafblind are usually born without their ability to see and hear
False
A magnifying glass is a type of assistive technology that is used for this purpose
What is to make print and images larger?
The age that Helen Keller lost her hearing and vision
What is 19 months
Gently placing your arms under a child's arms before picking them up is an example of this non verbal communication method
What are touch cues?
Meningitis is this type of cause of deafblindness and deafness
What is postnatal?
This is the term that describes someone's hearing and/or vision getting worse over time
What is progressive?
A notification system used by a deafblind person will alert them by doing this
What is vibrating?
This person was the first deafblind person to graduate from Harvard Law School
Who is Haben Girma?
This method of communication requires the receiver to place their hand(s) lightly upon the hands of the signer, who signs using a typical sign space and standard signs
This disorder that affects many areas of the body can cause deafblindess
What is CHARGE Syndrome?
People that are deafblind can have a range of these two things
What is hearing and vision loss?
True or False....Assistive technology for deafblind people does not have to be high tech to be effective.
Haben Girma now works in this field
What is disability advocacy?
This method of communication was used by Helen Keller to lipread
What is tadoma?
This is the illness caused Helen Keller to lose her vision and hearing
What is brain fever?
What is meningitis?
True or False...Everyone that is deafblind uses tactile signing
False
This type of assistive technology connects via bluetooth to allow the deafblind person to communicate using real time braille.
What is a Braille Note?