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IDEA Categories of Disability (Other Health Impairment (MIke & Jerry),…
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Deaf-Blindness Jett
Teaching Strategies
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• Allow greater response time to the deaf-blind student, including differentiated outcomes
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Low-Incidence Disability
Approximately 45,000 to 50,000 people in the United States are currently diagnosed as being deaf-blind (Gallaudet University Library, 2010). This is considered as a Low-Incidence Disability as the number of active cases represented 0.03% of the total school population in the United States in 2003-2004 (Project IDEAL, 2018).
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What is Deaf-Blindness?
According to the UK’s National Health Service, deaf-blindness is “a combination of sight and hearing loss that affects a person’s ability to communicate, access information and get around” (Nhs.uk, 2018). This does not mean that a deaf-blind person has total loss of both sight and hearing or that both senses are equally impaired. This multi-sensory impairment affects mostly older adults though it can also occur in children and infants.
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Issues
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So much of what we learn, especially in the traditional classroom, is presented visually or with visual-support. Additionally, people diagnosed as being deaf-blind also struggle with hearing which is the main language skill used for normal communication by most people. These multiple disabilities mean that teachers cannot include deaf-blind people into their classrooms without first carefully considering strategies and planning careful instruction based on these in order to facilitate successful learning.
Apart from the physical components described above, it is important to consider the social and emotional impact of the disability for deaf-blind people. This can have far-reaching consequences on motivation and engagement in even the best of scenarios as the especially children would face considerable challenges in being included in the mainstream classroom as well as accepted by their peers.
• Body image and self-concept (Project IDEAL, 2018).
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Assistive Technology
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Smartphones and tablets have profoundly transformed classroom interactions for deaf-blind students as many free applications exist and are available on the same device. This device is mobile and can assist learners both in and out of the classroom. All important data can be carried with the deaf-blind at all times. Touch screens are highly responsive and are easy to adjust based on student needs, not only by the deaf-blind student but also by their peers and teachers.
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