Sensory Impairments

Visual Impairment

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After living with my vision loss for two decades, I find myself living my life positively and productively.

Joan Brock, taken from Joan Brock More Than Meets The Eye
http://www.joanbrock.com/vision_loss_and_blindness.htm

 

Deafblind

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You are the arm that I hold I am the hand that receives your sign and touch Are you there? Is that You? Let me know that you care.

From ‘Are You There’ by Carol Pollington; Deafblind adult, taken from
http://www.sense.org.uk

 

Hearing Impairment

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I truly believe that the only disability out there today is attitude.

Kathy Buckley (award-nominated, stand up comedienne who has a hearing impairment) in an article by D’Agostino, D. ‘Laughing out loud: Turning a deaf ear to comedy’, Exceptional Parent, vol. 27 Issue 3, March 1997