Living with deafblindness

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Deafblindness has a significant impact on a person’s experience of communication, socialisation, mobility and daily living.

Deafblind people use a range of communication methods, including:

  • Alternative and augmented communication including touch cues/haptics, pictographs and key word signs
  • Auslan (Australian Sign Language) including a variety of ways of receiving sign language such as visual frame, tracking and tactile/hand over hand
  • Deafblind fingerspelling
  • Oral and aural communication (speaking and listening)
  • Printed words or Braille, including print on palm and electronic communications such as email and text message (SMS).
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