Deaf-blindness means hearing and visual impairments occurring at the same time, 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.

Children who are identified with this disability usually receive their primary special education services through one or more of the programs below. Please click on one of the primary service areas to learn more about a specific program.

• Autism
• Early Childhood Special Education/Preschool
• Emotional Disturbance
• Hearing Impairment
• Learning Disabilities
• Mild Cognitive Impairment
• Moderate Cognitive Impairment
• Orthopedic Impairment
• Severe Disabilities

Teresa Hopkins,

Supervisor

Phone: 703.791.8318

• Together We Can, Virginia DeafBlind Program
• The National Clearing House on Children who are Deaf-Blind (DB Link)
• American Society for Deaf Children
• Helen Keller, AFB
• CHARGE Syndrome Foundation, Inc.
• Hellen Keller National Center
• National Family Association for DeafBlind
• Project Salute-Tactile Communication
• Project Sparkle
• The Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI)
• The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
• The National Technical Assistance Consortium for Children and Young Adults Who Are Deaf-Blind (NTAC)

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Carmen M. Ateca-Valdes, Special Education

Administrative Coordinator/Webmaster