Deaf-Blind

Services Provided Support Service Provider aka SSP Seeing Eye Dogs Transit Services Independent Living Services

What is a SSP A SSP functions not only as an interpreter but also as a guide Two SSPs are provided and switch interpreting roles every 15 minutes Reading documents if not Braille Hearing and Deaf can be a SSP Extensive training is involved to know how to guide and interpret for a person who is Deaf- Blind

Interpreting For Deaf-Blind Depending on the type of blindness will determine how the interpreter sign and where he/she is place The SSP must wear black if he/she has lighter skin tone or white if he/she has darker skin tone....Contrast is the key

Reasons For Deaf- Blindness Ushers Syndrome Charge Syndrome Optic Nerve Atrophy Cataracts Glacoma Macular Degeneration Diabetic Retinopathy

Types of Blindness Macular Degeneration

Types of Blindness Cataracts

Types of Blindness Glaucoma

Types of Blindness Diabetic Retinopathy

Types of Blindness Usher Syndrome (tunnel vision)

Braille Louis Braille, Inventor of Braille Braille is a system that was perfected from "night writing", a system invented for Napoleon's army to communicate silently at night and without light Night Writing was not successful due to a 12 set dot system and dots were made to encoded 36 sounds Night Writing, developed by Charles Barbier

Braille Barbier visited Paris Institute for the Blind and met Louis Braille Louis Braille help perfect the system by using a 6 dot code, easier for one finger to read, and made a code for each letter Braille was invented in 1824 Today Braille is an independent writing system for the blind

Guiding Hold from elbow Steady normal pace