Understanding Deafblindness
Aims
- raise awareness of Deafblindness and how it can impact on day-to-day living;
- empower attendees so that they can empower any Deafblind individual that they come across.
- Create a greater understanding around acquired deafblindness including age related deafblindness
Objectives
- The term Deafblind and what it means
- The legal definition and obligations
- Deafblind identity (inc Cane)
- Different eye conditions, and how they can impact in diverse ways.
- Living with a loss of hearing/deafness and how this can impact on the individual
- CAMs Communciation, Access to information and mobility and what this means in terms of Deafblind identity, Legal rights and assessments
- Different Communication methods, including Clear Speech, visual communications, tactile communication and other communication methods including technology
- The importance of having Access to Information
- Mobility and sight guiding with basic principles of guiding someone who has visual impairment or is Deafblind.
· Lived experience through the use a videos with members, encompassing lived experience and different types of support individuals may using.