We played a big part in getting mobility allowance for deaf-blind people.
The theater began some 14 years ago when Tal was asked to run a two-month workshop for members of a deaf-blind social club.
And, in any case, a tactile indicator helps deaf-blind people too.
Preferred Alternatives works with the disabled -- people who are deaf, blind or have some other physical impairment -- to train them on how to find a job.
If the disparate groups - such as deaf, blind, autistic, wheelchair users, mobility impaired and disfigured - do ever get together, it's usually to fight against issues including benefits cuts.
"Gayle was working to help little children with disabilities - some blind, some deaf, some with no limbs - including victims of the many landmines from the many wars in Afghanistan, " she said.
Blind versus deaf that was a no-brainer, no brain being perhaps the one wound in her personal calculus that could not be traded in for something worse.
The situation is particularly complex when the teaching-learning process involves learners with special needs such as blind and deaf learners.
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The director recently talked about working with a deaf actor, learning from a blind father and sharing the stage with a three-legged dog.
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In 1968, author-lecturer Helen Keller, who earned a college degree despite being blind and deaf most of her life, died in Westport, Connecticut.
This legislation will make it easier for people who are deaf, blind, or live with a visual impairment to use the technology our 21st-century economy depends on, from navigating digital menus on a television to sending emails on a smart phone.
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The 21st Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act will make it easier for people who are deaf, blind or live with a visual impairment to do what many of us take for granted -- from navigating a TV or DVD menu to sending an email on a smart phone.
Members of Congress who support the free market, accessibility for persons who are blind and deaf, and who believe that innovation is important for economic growth ought to consider co-sponsoring this timely, and effective, legislation that actually solves the problem.
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