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ERIC Number: EJ506621
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1995
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ISSN: ISSN-0145-482X
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First-Person Accounts.
Gribs, H.; And Others
Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, v89 n3 p197-210 May-Jun 1995
Personal accounts describe the lives of 2 individuals with deaf-blindness, one an 87-year-old woman who was deaf from birth and became totally blind over a 50-year period and the other of a woman who became deaf-blind as a result of a fever at the age of 7. Managing activities of daily life and experiencing sensory hallucinations are among topics covered. (DB)
Descriptors: Adaptive Behavior (of Disabled), Adults, Adventitious Impairments, Congenital Impairments, Daily Living Skills, Deaf Blind, Females, Independent Living, Individual Development, Personal Narratives, Quality of Life
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Note: Special issue: Deaf-Blindness.