Deaf-Blind Resources

National Service Links - United States

American Association of the Deaf-Blind (AADB) http://www.aadb.org

National Family Association for Deaf-Blind (NFADB) http://www.nfadb.org

National Federation of the Blind - Deaf-Blind Division http://www.nfb.org/nfb/deaf-blind_resources.asp?SnID=2

National Consortium On Deaf-Blindness (NCDB) http://nationaldb.org

Helen Keller National Center http://hknc.org

Perkins School for the Blind - Deafblind Program http://www.perkins.org

Mailing Lists on topics specific to Deaf-Blindness http://nationaldb.org/ppMailLists.php

Deaf-Blind Information

California Deaf-Blind Services http://www.cadbs.org/ Full text access to more than 30 fact sheets in English, Spanish and other languages. Full text access to topical newsletter.

Minnesota DeafBlind Technical Assistance Project http://www.dbproject.mn.org Good info on education, interveners and families.

DeafBlindinfo.org http://www.deafblindinfo.org Contains links to deafblind resources for both adults and children within Minnesota and worldwide.

Project for New Mexico Children and Youth Who Are Deafblind http://cdd.unm.edu/deafblind Full text fact sheets and info on Deaf-Blind Distance Education Courses.

Nevada Dual Sensory Impairment Project http://www.unr.edu/educ/ndsip/usher.html Full text fact sheets and excellent web based information on Usher Syndrome.

Texas Deafblind Project http://www.tsbvi.edu/Outreach/deafblind Excellent materials on many topics, including assessment, IEP, interveners, curriculums available from this site. Also, full text issues of SEE/HEAR available in English and Spanish.

Deafblind International (DbI) http://www.deafblindinternational.org Website of the international organization promoting services for deafblind people. International contacts, some research, full text access to issues of DbI Review.

Nordic Staff Training Center for Deafblind Services http://www.nud.dk Site available in English including a number of full text international publications and the ability to search the catalog of the NUD library.

SPARKLE http://www.sparkle.usu.edu Internet based support for families, providing individualized learning for parents to better participate in the development and education of their children. Access to information, training, and resources.

Project SALUTE http://www.projectsalute.net More than 20 full text articles on tactile learning strategies covering a range of topics from object cues to tactile signing. Addresses literacy and service issues. All materials also available in Spanish.

SENSE http://www.sense.org.uk Topical information on the site of value to families and professionals.

The Learning Place http://www.learningplace.com.au/default_community.asp?orgid=19&suborgid=277 From Australia, this is Education Queensland Disability Services Support Unit Web page on services and assistance for students who are deafblind and/or multi-sensory impaired.

APASCIDE http://www.apascide.org/#anglès Website of the National Spanish Association of Parents of Deafblind Children. English version of the site contains information and good source of links to other international projects and organizations.

Centro De Recursos Sobre Sordoceguera En Español www.sordoceguera.org In cooperation with SENSE International Latinoamerica. Topically arranged information on deaf-blindness in Spanish for families, professionals, educators and other service personnel.

European Deafblind Union http://www.edbu.org/ The European Deafblind Union (EDBU) is a European association that joins together European deafblind people's organisations. It was founded in 2003. It is an international non-governmental and non-profit-making organisation. The basic aim and function of the EDBU is to work for equality and full participation in society by deafblind people in all European countries.