deaf-blind
Cannot hear, see
Deaf-blind describes a person with significant loss of both hearing and vision.
The condition ranges from total absence of both senses to partial impairment of each.
Deaf-blind individuals often communicate through tactile methods like hand-over-hand signing.
The deaf-blind community has developed specialized technologies for independent living.
Climbing with sequential grips
- fingerspellingLetter-by-letter hand alphabet
- hapticsScience of touch feedback
- palmingHiding object in hand
- intervenorOne entering another's affair
Complete separation from others
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- congenitalExisting from birth
- acquiredCame to possess
rubella · progressive · total · profound · barriers · exclusion · inaccessibility
Ease of approach
- accommodationsPlaces providing temporary residence
- independenceFreedom from external control
- advocacyPleading for a cause
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
awareness · equality · barrier-free · rehabilitation · intervention · empowerment · community · self-determination
Position relative to surroundings
- wayfindingNavigating through physical spaces
- trailingFollowing behind something
- safetyFreedom from harm
- routineRegular sequence of actions
Having raised design
- dotsSmall circular marks
- slateFissile metamorphic rock
- stylusPointed implement for marking
- contractionsShortened word forms
transcription · literacy · cell · screen-reader · contracted · uncontracted · labeling
hand-over-hand
Climbing with sequential grips
- fingerspellingLetter-by-letter hand alphabet
- hapticsScience of touch feedback
- palmingHiding object in hand
isolation
Complete separation from others
- lonelinessState of lacking companions
- silenceTotal lack of sound
- congenitalExisting from birth
acquired · rubella · progressive · total · profound · barriers · exclusion · inaccessibility
accessibility
Ease of approach
- accommodationsPlaces providing temporary residence
- independenceFreedom from external control
- advocacyPleading for a cause
rights · awareness · equality · barrier-free · rehabilitation · intervention · empowerment · community · self-determination
orientation
Position relative to surroundings
- wayfindingNavigating through physical spaces
- trailingFollowing behind something
- safetyFreedom from harm
embossed
Having raised design
contractions · transcription · literacy · cell · screen-reader · contracted · uncontracted · labeling
- sign languageAmerican Sign Language, British Sign Language, fingerspelling, ASL, handshape
- Disabilitiesparalysis, vision loss, developmental disability, hearing impairment, amputees
deaf-blindable-bodied
Physically fit, healthy
neurotypical · visually impaired · blind · deaf · hearing
deaf-blindHelen Keller
blind, deaf, blindness, deafening, blinding, blinded, deafen, blindfold, deafness