Founded over 30 years ago, Deafblind International (DbI) is the world association promoting services for deafblind people.DbI brings together professionals, researchers, families, deafblind people and administrators to raise awareness of deafblindness. Central to our work is to support the development of services to enable a good quality of life for deafblind children and adults of all ages.
Deafblind Ireland is a new organisation being set up by deafblind people, their families and professionals working in this specialist field. It seeks to raise awareness of the uniquely disabling consequences of the combined loss of sight and hearing and to provide a source of support for people who are deafblind and their families and information and guidance to professionals.
It also seeks to press for greater understanding of the needs and numbers of people in Ireland who live with deafblindness and to press for improvements in provision of assessments and supports.
Sense is the UK's largest organisation for children and adults who are deafblind or have associated disabilities. This area of the site tells you more about Sense: the services and support we offer, how to find local support and contacts for your area, current vacancies and some background information on Sense.
Sense International helps deafblind people in the developing world to communicate, connect, interact and flourish.
Sense Scotland has been working for over 20 years with children and adults who have communication support needs because of deafblindness, sensory impairment, learning and physical disabilities.
Deafblind UK is a national charity offering specialist services and human support to deafblind people and those who have progressive sight and hearing loss acquired throughout their lives.
Deafblind Scotland: Serving those who have lost, or are losing, both sight and hearing.
The aim of WFDB is to improve the quality of life of deafblind people world wide and one of the most important activities undertaken by WFDB is to identify deafblind people in order to break their isolation. WFDB also aims at spreading information about deafblindness and about the kind of service deafblind people need in order to live independent lives. In addition, WFDB strives to have deafblindness acknowledged internationally as a unique disability.
The World Federation of the Deafblind
The Swiss National Association of and for the Blind (SNAB) was established in 1903. It is the national umbrella organisation for 60 member organisations, which are all active in the field of blindness. The SNAB endeavours to give partially sighted, blind and deafblind people the opportunity to determine their own way of life.
Swiss National Association of and for the Blind
Centre of expertise for partially sighted and blind people
Our vision
Everybody is welcome to contact Visio with questions about being partially sighted orblind. Visio provides information and advice, as well as different services related to research, counselling, rehabilitation, training and living. These services are for partially sighted or blind people, also for those who suffer from additional disabilities: intellectual, physical or sensory (deafblindnes). People who are personally or professionally involved with visually impaired or blind persons are also welcome at Visio for obtaining information and improving their expertise.
Visio staff members look for the possible, not the impossible. They always focus on results, coherence and reliability. Visio gains satisfied clients using a personal and appropriate approach. Respect for clients and their choices and the quality of their lives is of utmost importance.
Inspiration
The client inspires Visio staff members to function professionally, creative and flexibly. That’s why we work continuously on knowledge development and innovative care, rehabilitation and education in which cooperation with other parties – both nationally and internationally – is a given.
Center for the Deaf (Center for Døve) provides services for the deaf, deafblind and the hearing impaired in Denmark The Center is divided into regions administering sign language interpreters and consulting services for the deaf, the deafblind and the hearing impaired.
Skådalen Resource Centre is a centre for the deafblind, deaf and hard-of-hearing. It is one of the units in the Norwegian Support System for Special Education.