DFST 309 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Deafblindness, Language Development, Supported Employment
12 Mar 2019
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Dfst 309 introduction to deafblind culture and communication spring 2019. Week 2 class 2 february 4, 2019. Syllabus: documents on blackboard (bb, 1-who is deafblind, 2-challenges facing deafblind people. Overview: positive framework, definitions and spelling, age at onset (when, degree of loss (level of ability, deafblindness versus being deafblind, 4 types/categories of deafblind people, factors that influence communication, how deaf blind people communicate. Positive framework: terms used will show different perspectives just like d/deaf individuals, medical, pathological view, cultural, community view, goals: View deafblind individuals from a positive framework. Become comfortable with communicating and interacting with deafblind individuals. Deafblind - definition: diversity of deafblind, represents the combination of varying degrees of hearing and vision loss, unique condition multiplicative rather than additive (lagati, 1995, p. 306, deafblind, umbrella/cover term deafblind. Terms: definitions and spelling: deaf-blind or deaf-blind, deaf/blind or deaf/blind, deafblind or deafblind, blind-deaf, d/deaf and visually impaired, d/deaf and low vision, dual sensory loss,combined hearing/vision loss.
