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…
Author: Ilya Platonov
Gloria Rodriguez Gil
Gloria Rodríguez-Gil is the Director, Latin America, and the Caribbean, for Perkins International. Born and educated in Costa Rica, Spain, and the United States. Currently, she leads Perkins International programs in Mexico, Argentina, Brazil, and…
Esther van Dijk
ROYAL KENTALIS Royal Kentalis is a national organization in the Netherlands, specialized in providing diagnostics, care and education amongst others to persons who are deafblind. Our expertise is focused on bridging communication barriers. Our staff…
Cathy Proll
Cathy has been involved in the development and provision of services to adults and children who are deafblind since the early ’80s. Her career began working with children who were congenitally deafblind in the provincial…
Mirko Baur
Mirko Baur is a special education pedagogue, linguist and literary scholar, coach, and NPO manager. After years of professional experience as a teacher, principal, and research associate of the Directorate of Education, he has now…






