IDEA Disability Category > Deaf-Blindness
Deaf-Blindness
Kids with a diagnosis of deaf-blindness have both severe hearing and vision loss. Their communication and other needs are so unique that programs for just the deaf or blind can’t meet them.
Federal Definition of Deaf-Blindness
(2) Deaf-blindness means concomitant hearing and visual impairments, the combination of which causes such severe communication and other developmental and educational needs that they cannot be accommodated in special education programs solely for children with deafness or children with blindness.
Resources by county
Virginia Project for Children and Adults with Deaf-Blindness
Address:
2235 Staples Mill Road, Suite 400,
Richmond, VA, 23230
Phone:
(804) 828-3876
DBVI (Department for the Blind and Visually Impaired)
Address:
397 Azalea Avenue,
Richmond VA 23227
Phone:
(804) 325-1282
National Center on Deaf-Blindness
Address:
141 Middle Neck Road
Sands Point, NY 11050
Phone:
(516) 366-0047
Email: