A guide to planning and support for individuals who are deafblind
By: edited by John M. McInnes.
Contributors: McInnes, J. M.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Toronto; Buffalo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 554
Subjects: Blind-deaf.; Blind-deaf -- Services for.; Sourds-aveugles.; Sourds-aveugles -- Services aux.
Description: In this collection of leading experts in the field address the problems of parents, intervenors, and professionals who work with people who have been dead-blind since birth or from a very early age.

Individuals who are congentially deaf-blind face the same challenges as those who become deafblind later in life, but they have not had the same opportunity to develop the communications sills and a conceptual base needed to construct an understanding of the world. The contributors address identification of deafblindness, planning and intervention, development, family support, and education.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.