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2. Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults

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   There are about 70,000 deaf-blind people in the United States. [8] Most have Usher syndrome, a congenital disorder in which the individual is born deaf and there is loss of sight by adolescence. Federal law mandates that individual States take responsibility for education until the age of 16—after that the Center takes over. [10]

3. Deafblindness - Wikipedia

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   To further her lifelong mission to help the deafblind community to expand its horizons and gain opportunities, the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults (also called the Helen Keller National Center or HKNC), with a residential training program in Sands Point, New York, was established in 1967 by an act of Congress.

4. List of schools for the deaf - Wikipedia

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   Florida School for the Deaf and Blind: 1885: St. Augustine: Florida: PreK-12: Dragons: MDSDAA Georgia School for the Deaf: 1846: Cave Spring: Georgia: PreK-12: Tigers: MDSDAA Governor Baxter School for the Deaf: 1957: Falmouth: Maine: PreK-12: Islanders: ESDAA 2 Hawaii School for the Deaf and the Blind: 1914: Honolulu: Hawaii: K-12: Dolphins ...

5. ‘Word of the Lord.’ Local houses of worship for the Deaf ...

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   The parishioners at St. Francis Borgia Deaf Center have a sign for Mulcrone, whom they call Father Joe: First they sign “priest,” swiping a forefinger and thumb across their neck, signifying a ...

6. Helen Keller Services for the Blind - Wikipedia

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   During the 1960s, IHB founded the federally funded Anne Sullivan Macy Service for people who were deaf-blind. In 1967 the Helen Keller National Center was established by a unanimous act of Congress, and IHB was chosen to operate the program, which provided comprehensive rehabilitation training for people with a severe dual sensory loss or ...

7. Control of NC schools for deaf and blind students changes ...

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   North Carolina’s three residential schools for deaf and blind students will be under new management after Gov. Roy Cooper allowed the legislation to become law over the weekend without his ...

8. Hawaii School for the Deaf and the Blind - Wikipedia

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   Dr. Jane Kelleher Fernandes was hired in 1989 to lead the Hawaii School for the Deaf and Blind, then known as the Hawaii Center for the Deaf and Blind. She was the first Deaf female hired to lead an American school for deaf, blind, and deaf-blind students. At the beginning of her service, the school had 7 students. Dr. Fernandes established a ...

9. Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and Blind - Wikipedia

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   The Arizona State Schools for the Deaf and the Blind (ASDB) is an Arizona state agency, with its administrative headquarters in Tucson. [1] It operates three schools for the deaf and blind, and five regional cooperatives throughout the state: Phoenix Day School for the Deaf-Phoenix Campus (PDSD) Arizona School for the Deaf-Tucson Campus (ASD)