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Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week

by Nicholas Goodman, Intake Clerk When you hear the term Deaf-Blind, what comes to mind? For most people, Helen Keller is the initial response. In 1984, President Ronald Reagan declared June 24-30, “Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week”. There are approximately 40,000 people who are Deaf-Blind in the United States, although exact numbers are hard to pinpoint because degrees of hearing and vision loss vary from person … Continue reading Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week