Rare disease day is held on the last day of February every year to raise awareness of rare diseases. Deafblindness is a low incidence disability with an estimated prevalence of 0.2 – 2.0% (World Federation…
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Deafblind International Communication Network webinars
The webinar series is based on the series of booklets Communication and Congenital Deafblindness and aimed at family members of children and adults who were born with deafblindness or those with limited language (speech or…
Ibero Latin America Network
Each month, DBI ComCom is pleased to spotlight one of the 14 Networks. Please let us introduce the Network of the month – Ibero Latin America Network. The chair – Ximena Serpa shared with us…
Texas Symposium on Deafblind Education
Providing appropriate instruction for any student who is deafblind is challenging since each student’s access needs are truly unique. This year’s Texas Symposium on Deafblind Education will dive deep to examine why students in Texas…
The deafblind writer María Jesús Cañamares wins the 2020 European Writing Contest on Braille
The Spanish writer with deafblindness María Jesús Cañamares Muñoz (Jábaga, Cuenca) has won the 2020 European Braille Writing Contest, with his work entitled ‘Braille: A mark in the lockdown’, which was the winner among 45…