Welcome to AFEDB

Arkansas Empowering Families with DeafBlindness (AEFDB) seeks to better understand dual sensory impairment and to advocate for the unique needs of each child.

Arkansas Empowering Families with Deaf-Blindness (AEFDB) seeks to better understand dual sensory impairment and to advocate for the unique needs of each child.

What is Deaf-Blindness

The term “deaf-blind” seems to indicate the sum of deafness + blindness. However, the combination of these two sensory losses is much more like deafness multiplied by blindness = Deaf-blindness. T

“The term “deaf-blind” seems to indicate the sum of deafness + blindness. However, the combination of these two sensory losses is much more like deafness multiplied by blindness = Deaf-blindness. The combined loss is profound! Children and adults who are deaf-blind have unique challenges, especially with independence, accessing information, communication with others, and moving around in their world.”

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How AEFDB is Empowering Families to Advocate

  • Telling Our Story
  • Increasing Understanding of Deaf-Blindness
  • Applying Knowledge of Deaf-Blindness to the IEP
How AEFDB is Empowering Families to Advocate
  • Working Together as Group to Be a Unified Voice
  • Trainings and Increasing Skill Set
  • Prioritizing Efforts in Building the Communication Skills of Individuals with Deaf-Blindness
  • Presenting
  • Raising Awareness in the Value of Professional Development with Key Individuals
  • Connecting with Legislators to Inform Them of the Needs of Families with Deaf-Blindness

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