1. Deaf-Blind

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

3. 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

4. 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

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

6. Types of Blindness
Macular Degeneration

7. Types of Blindness
Cataracts

8. Types of Blindness
Glaucoma

9. Types of Blindness
Diabetic Retinopathy

10. Types of Blindness
Usher Syndrome (tunnel vision)

11. 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

12. 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

14. Guiding
Hold from elbow
Steady normal pace