Month: July 2024

Richard was appointed Sense and Sense International Chief Executive in July 2018, having joined as Deputy Chief Executive in 2013.Prior to joining Sense, Richard worked at Turning Point, the social enterprise organization, for ten years.…

Ricard is the father of Clara (1991), deafblind due to a prematurity birth. In 1999 he founded APSOCECAT the Catalan Association for the Deafblind, and in 2008 FESOCE, the first Spanish Federation for the Deafblind.…

Pawlos Kassu Abebe (PhD) is Deaf and teaches at Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia. In addition to teaching and research, he also coordinates a project funded by Kentalis International focused on research in Deafblindness and development…

Dr. Meredith Prain has worked with people with deafblindness of all ages for the past 25 years as a speech pathologist, deafblind consultant, researcher, and project manager. She completed her PhD in 2012 investigating interactions…

Dr. Joe Gibson works as a teacher at The Diamond School for pupils who are deafblind (formally Skådalen) in Oslo, Norway. He previously worked for Sense Scotland as the Outdoor Activities Co-ordinator. Joe’s PhD focused…

As a student in 1995 was placed in a residential home for adult people with congenital deafblindness for my internship. I didn’t know anything about this combinated sensory loss, and what its impact on a…