Deafblindness Bibliography -- sorted by date

This is derived from the unsorted bibliography automatically. Thank you to all who have contributed to the bibliography. Please let me (James Gallagher <James@deafblind.co.uk>) know if there are any problems, or things you wish to add.

Title: DEAF AND DUMB
Author: Mann, Edwin John.
Place: Boston: Hitchcock,
Date: 1836
Length: 312, illus
Description: Book about deaf-blind individual, Julis Brace.

Title: ANECDOTES OF THE DEAF, DUMB AND BLIND
Author: Chambers Miscellany.
Publication: (CHAMBERS MISCELLANY, v.3, 1845, p. 32)
Date: 1845
Description: Tells about James Mitchell, a deaf-blind man.

Title: MEMOIR OF EDWARD K. DIETRICH, DEAF AND BLIND : A pupil of the Pennsylvania Inst. for Blind
Author: Dietrich, Edward K (Deaf-Blind)
Publication: 2nd edition
Date: 1869.
Length: 54
Description: A clipping envelope that tells the story of Edward Diettrich, a deaf-blind pupil of the Pennsylvania Institute for the Blind.

Title: LIGHT IN DARKNESS : and the Harkness past, a sequel
Author: Robinson, Sarah.
Place: London
Publisher: Hatchards
Date: 1876.
Length: 96
Description: An account of Eliza Cooter, a deaf-blind woman.

Title: STORY OF A BLIND MUTE
Author: Macculloch, G.
Date: 1877
Publication: Edinburgh: Maclaren, 1877.
Length: 31
Description: An account of Robert Edgar, a deaf-blind man from Great Britain.

Title: BURL
Author: Heady, Morrison. -- Nashville:
Date: 1884
Publication: Southern Methodist Publishing House,
Length: 188
Description: Books by the Deaf-Blind. Fiction.

Title: RAGNHILD KAATA
Author: Havstad, Lars A.
Date: 1891
Publication: (MENTOR, v.1, no.4, April 1891, pp.103-105)
Description: Describes the education of Ragnhild Kaata, a deaf-blind child in Norway also see v.4, no.3, March 1894 pp.89-91.

Title: WILLIE ELIZABETH ROBIN: : a sketch of her early education
Author: Poulsson, Laura E.
Date: 1897
Publication: (KINDERGARTEN MAGAZINE, June 1897, pp. 758-776)
Description: Tells about the life and education of Elizabeth Robin, a deaf-blind woman.

Title: AN IMPRISONED SOUL : tr. for the Mentor by Gertrude A. Reynolds
Author: Arnould, Louis.
Date: 1903
Publication: New York: Malone, 1903.
Length: 17
Description: Story of Marie Heurtin, blind and deaf from birth.

Title: THOMAS STRINGER
Author: Anagnos, Michael.
Date: 1906
Publication: Unknown. illus.
Length: 19
Description: Tells about Thomas Stringer, a deaf-blind man.

Title: FLASHES OF LIGHT FROM AN IMPRISONED SOUL.
Author: Selby, Clarence J. 1872- (deaf-blind)
Date: 1906
Publication: Chicago: Clohesey, 1906. Length: 41
Description: Autobiography of Clarence J. Selby, a deaf-blind man.

Title: EDGE OF DARKNESS, EDGE OF LIGHT
Author: Scriven, Ronald C. (Deaf- Blind)
Date: 1907
Publication: Souvenir Press, London 1977.
Length: 224
Description: At the age of eight, the author contracted an ear infection that left him almost completely deaf, and, later, was also to make him blind. The story is of his childhood and young adulthood, recalled, refelt and recreated, with an immediacy, a searing painfulness, an acceptance and eventual joy in the fact of life itself.

Title: THE WILLIAM TERRY TOUCH ALPHABET FOR USE BY THE DEAF AND DEAF-AND- BLIND, WITH A BRIEF SKETCH OF THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF DR. WILLIAM TERRY DURING FIFTEEN YEARS OF TOTAL BLINDNESS AND DEAFNESS
Author: Clark, Mary T; Clark, Harold T.
Date: 1917
Publication: Edition 2. -- Cleveland: 1917.
Length: 16
Description: Terry, William 1823-1908,

Title: VOICE FROM THE SILENCE
Author: Bensel, Anna B. 1860-1927 (deaf- blind)
Date: 1917
Publication: Boston: Sherman, French, 1917. Length: 91
Description: with an introduction by Bishop Brent.

Title: HORS DE SA PRISON
Author: Rocheleau, Corine.
Place: Montreal: Arbour & Dupont,
Date: 1927
Length: 270
Description: Story of Ludivine Lachance, a neglected deaf-blind girl who was educated at the Institute for the Deaf in Montreal.

Title: IN THE DARK, ALONE
Author: Frick, Kathryne Mary (deaf-blind) 1930.
Date: 1930
Publication: (ATLANTIC MONTHLY, April-June 1930)
Description: An article written by a woman who is deaf-blind.

Title: THE FIRST CASE IN THE WORLD : Miss Petra Heilberg's report
Author: Hansen, Anders.
Date: 1930
Publication: (VOLTA REVIEW, v. 32, no. 5, May 1930, pp.223-228)
Description: An account of the teaching of Ragnhild Kaata in Norway to speak and the inspiration this was to Helen Keller to learn to speak.

Title: VOICE FROM THE REALM OF DARKNESS AND SILENCE
Author: Goddard, Clarence (Deaf-Blind).
Date: 1932
Publication: Nebraska School for the Deaf, 1932.
Length: 39
Description: A biography of Clarence Goddard from the Nebraska School for the Deaf.

Title: TAD CHAPMAN. HARVARD CLASS PAPER
Author: Nilsson, Maurine.
Date: 1935-1936
Publication: (See Teacer Training Course Papers).
Description: Article about Tad Chapman, who is deaf-blind.

Title: FURTHER PROGRESS OF JOAN HIGGINS, DEAF-BLIND CHILD
Author: Hart, Tertia.
Date: 1937
Publication: (WELFARE BULLETIN, July 1937, August-September 1937)
Description: Biographical sketch of Joan Higgins, a deaf-blind young woman.

Title: SIGHTLESS IN A SOUNDLESS WORLD
Author: Cartright, Stephen (Deaf-Blind)
Date: 1937
Publication: (OUTWITTING HANDICAPS, 3, November-December 1937, pp. 5-8)
Description: Courage personified leads to success, astounding chapters from the life of Stephen Cartright as told to Vera Russell.

Title: Helen Keller's journal, with a foreword by Augustus Muir
Author: Keller, Helen (1880-1968)
Date: 1938
Publisher: Cedric Chivers, Bath
Description: Covers the period from November, 1936 to April, 1937 Published in 1973. First published in 1938

Title: The care of the deaf-blind: being the four best essays submitted for the MacGregor
Publication: Prize Competition, June, 1942. Buckinghamshire: College of Teachers of the Blind,
Date: 1942
Description: Essays on what assistance can be given to deaf-blind people.
Pages: 48
Format: Print.

Author: WORCHEL, P.; DALLENBACH, K.M.
Title: 'Facial vision': perception of obstacles by the
deaf-blind.
Publication: American Foundation for the Blind Research Bulletin, No. 13, 1966. pp.55-112, 193-6. [Reprinted from American Journal of Psychology, Vol. 60, No. 4, 1947. pp.502-53].
Date: 1947
Format: Print.

Author: LE PLA, Frieda
Title: Glimpses into a hidden world.
Place: Thornton Heath, Surrey
Publisher: W.H. Hulbert,
Date: 1951
Description: Written for would-be helpers of deaf-blind people. Includes the author's personal experiences, and articles on the deaf-blind community and its problems, including isolation, attitudes, and depression. Country: UK.
Format: Print; Braille.

Title: The Story of My Life
Author: Keller, Helen (1880-1968)
Date: 1951
Publisher: Hodder and Stoughton
Description: The story of my life, with her letters (1887-1901) and a supplementary account of her education, including passages from the reports and letters of her teacher, Anne Mansfield Sullivan, by John Albert Macy, introduction by Ralph Barton Perry Published in 1958 (revised edition). First Published 1951.

Title: FACING LIFE WITH A SINGING HEART
Author: Smithdas, Robert J. (Deaf- Blind)
Date: 1956
Publication: (JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION, September-October 1956, pg. 8)
Description: An autobiographical sketch by Robert Smithdas who is deaf-blind.

Title: A DEAF-BLIND MAN IN THE WORLD OF WORK
Author: Murphey, Jack (deaf- blind)
Date: 1956
Publication: (JOURNAL OF REHABILITATION, September-October 1956, pp. 14-16)
Description: An article about Jack Murphey (deaf-blind).

Title: Rehabilitation of Deaf-Blind Persons, Volume 7: Survey of Selected Characteristics of Deaf-Blind Adults in New York State, Fall 1957
Date: 1957
Publisher: The Industrial Home for the Blind
Place: Brooklyn 1, New York

Title: Report: Historic first conference: World Council for the Welfare of the Blind,
Committee on Services for the Deaf-Blind. New York: Industrial Home for the Blind,
Date: 1957
Pages: 46
Description: Conference on communications for deaf-blind people.
Format: Print.

Title: MY SEARCH FOR SUNSHINE AND LAUGHTER
Author: Smithdas, Robert J. (Deaf-Blind)
Date: 1957
Publication: (REDBOOK, February 1957, pp. 42-45, 94-96)

Author: VERSTRATE, Donna
Title: Social group work with deaf-blind adults.
Place: New York
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
Date: 1959
Description: Report on the author's experiences as a social worker
with a group of deaf-blind men, which offers hints for similar workers.
Format: Print.

Title: INDUSTRIAL HOME FOR THE BLIND. Instruction in physical orientation and foot travel for deaf-blind persons: a lesson plan outline.
Place: New York
Publisher: New York: Industrial Home for the Blind,
Date: 1960.
Pages: 48
Format: Print.

Title: DEAF-BLIND PERSONS: AN EPIC STUDY
Author: Rusalem, Herbert.
Date: 1960
Publication: (REHABILITATION RECORD, 6, November-December 1960, pp. 26-30)

Title: CLAY PROPHET
Author: Jones, Howard Lewis.
Date: 1960
Publication (NEW BEACON, December 25 1960, pp.314-316
Description: Jack Clemo, a deaf-blind poet and author.

Title: SILENT DARKNESS
Author: Knudsen, Joyce.
Date: 1960
Publication: (THE LION, October 1960, pp.27,49)
Description: A Lions scholarship enabled blind-deaf Marjorie McGuffin of Canada, to bring light and life to others.

Title: LIGHT IN A DARK WORLD
Author: Fields, Dorothy. 1961.
Publication: (AMERICAN WEEKLY, August 20 1961, pp.4-7)
Date: 1961
Description: Magazine file. Jackie Coker, deaf-blind since the age of seven, after graduating from college is now a home-teacher-counselor for the blind in California.

Title: CHAN POH LIN, THE CHINESE GIRL OF EIGHTEEN, WHO CAN NEITHER SEE NOR HEAR
Author: Morgenstern, Joseph.
Date: 1962
Publication: (WORLD HEALTH MAGAZINE, March-April 1962, pp. 29-31)
Description: A story of a young deaf-blind woman from Singapore.

Title: UNUSUAL THESIS
Author: Matveyeva, Dina.
Date: 1963
Publication: (USSR SOVIET LIFE TODAY, January 1963, pp.58-60)
Description: Olga Skorokhodova (Deaf-Blind) is a junior scientific worker at the Defectology Inst. Russian Academy of Pedagogical Sciences.

Title: "CHILD OF THE SILENT NIGHT" : The story of Chan Poh Lin
Author: Grenfell, Stephen.
Date: 1964
Length: 27
Description: A script of a BBC radio broadcast about Chan Poh Lin a deaf-blind woman from Singapore.

Title: COMMUNICATING WITH THE DEAF-BLIND.
Place: New York
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
Date: 1964
Length: 20 minutes.
Description: Describes five methods of communication: using an alphabet glove; a tele-touch machine; sign language; lip reading, and palm reading. Country: US.
Format: 16mm film.

Title: ROUND THE WORLD IN 361 DAYS
Author: Fallowfield, George (Deaf-Blind)
Date: 1965
Publication: (ST. DUNSTANS REVIEW, 50, December 1965, pp.7-8)
Description: Tells the story of George Fallowfield, a deaf-blind man.

Author: BETTICA, L.J.
Title: Attitudes influencing the interaction between professional workers and deaf-blind clients.
Publication: New Outlook for the Blind, Vol. 60, No. 4, 1966. pp.120-2.
Date: 1966
Format: Print.

Title: The Impact of Usher Syndrome, type 1, on adolescent development
Author: Miner, Ilene D.
Publication: Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 6 (1966)
Date: 1966
Pages: 159-166
Publisher: Elseview Science Ireland Ltd.
Description: The impact of the diagnosis of and limitations imposed by Usher Syndrome, Type 1, on adolescents is significant. A review of early, middle, and late adolescence is given and then applied to teens who are just deaf. This is extended by describing the impact of Usher on socialization, education, communication, and interaction for the teenager himself/ herself; the educational system, and the family. All spheres of life are profoundly affected. There are then suggestions about educational modification, environmental modification, communication adaptation, and service recommendations such as group meetings for teens with Usher and separate groups for families. The article is based on interviews with 45 people with Usher Syndrome, Type 1 discussing their own adolescent periods.

Author: RUSALEM, Herbert.
Title: Deprivation and opportunity: major variables in the rehabilitation of deaf-blind adults.
Publication: New Outlook for the Blind, Vol. 60, No. 4, 1966. pp.114-20.
Date: 1966
Format: Print.

Title: ABLE STUDENT, ABLE TEACHER
Author: Kinney, Richard (Deaf-Blind)
Publication: (THE LION, March 1966, pg.8)
Date: 1966
Description: Brief sketch of Richard Kinney's life.

Author: SCULTHORPE, A.
Title: Adjustment to deaf-blindness.
Publication: New Beacon, Vol. 50, No. 593, 1966. pp.256-8.
Date: 1966
Description: The author became deaf at 24, and blind at 34. Country: UK.
Format: Print.

Title: WORLD WITHOUT SIGHTS OR SOUNDS
Author: Catto, Helen.
Date: 1968
Publication: (WOMAN'S GLOBE AND MAIL, February 22, 1968, p. 1)
Description: Brief biographical information on Mae Brown.

Title: ART OF ADVERSITY
Author: Gardner, Raymond.
Publication: (NEW BEACON, v.LIV, no.636, April 1970, pp.89-90)
Date: 1970
Description: A biographical sketch of Ronald Scriven, a deaf-blind man.

Author: SALMON, Peter J.
Title: Out of the shadows: final report of the Anne Sullivan Macy service for deaf-blind persons: a regional demonstration and research project, 1962-1969.
Place: New York
Publisher: National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults,
Date: 1970.
Pages: 103
Description: Report of a project to improve rehabilitation services for deaf-blind people which led to the establishing, in 1969, of the National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults in New York. Country: US
Format: Print; Braille.

Title: DEAF-BLIND EMMIE D. HENTZ DOING WONDERS ON JOB
Author: Roak, Eldon.
Date: 1970
Publication: (ROCKY MOUNTAIN LEADER, September-October 1970)
Description: Discusses the life of Emmie D. Hentz, a deaf-blind person.

Title: Being deaf-blind is like this.
Publication: New Beacon, Vol. 58, No. 682, 1971. pp.57-62.
Date: 1971
Format: Print.

Title: MIRACLE WORKER ON CAMPUS : LIU Prof. brings hope to handicapped students
Author: Bailey, Peter.
Date: 1971
Publication:(September 1971):
Length: 80-81,84,86 (EBONY,26)
Description: Tells about Isaac Obie, a deaf-blind person.

Author: KINNEY, Richard.
Title: Independent living without sight and hearing.
Place: Arlington Heights, IL:
Publisher: Gray Dove
Date: 1972
Pages: 102
Description: Written by a deafblind educator for use by deafblind young people and adults. This print version is offered as a resource to friends and families of deafblind people and professional workers likely to encounter this dual disability. Contents: Making the most of our senses; Making the most of our minds; Universal communication methods; Special communication methods; Making the most of our voices; Independence at home; Telephone, mailbox, and visitors; Riches in your reading; Travel hints that really help; You, your money, and better living. Country: US.
Format: Print; Braille.

Title: Proceedings of the National Symposium for Deaf-Blind
Author: Edited by Blea, W. A.
Date: 1972
Place: Asilomar, Pacific Grove, California, July 7-10, 1972
Description:"Nine conference papers focus on the following topics related to the deaf-blind and their education: pitfalls in the coordination of assessment and treatment of handicaped children, promotion of adaptive patterns in the handicapped child, use of hearing in deaf-blind children, etiology of hearing loss, and the educator's assessment of visual functioning. Also discussed are Piaget's stages of cognitive development, the use of Piagetian constructs to study structures of development in children lacking normal cognitive development (the deaf-blind), the application of such a model to educational programing, and the application of the Piaget model to a sequential developmental task curriculum for pre-linguistic deaf-blind children. In the final two papers, implications for the deaf-blind from research on sensory integrataive processes in learning disabled children are discussed and the symposium preceedings are synthesized."

Title: HOW DO I PERCEIVE THE WORLD?
Author: Adamescu, Vasile (Deaf-Blind)
Date: 1973
Publication: (VIATA NONA, (April 1973))
Length: 5
Description: An account of a Romanian deaf-blind boy who has been a student at the Clunj Blind School since he was eleven. It is an account of how he uses his senses of touch, smell, and taste to percive the world around him.

Author: GAZELY, D.J.
Title: Communication and mobility training with hearing-impaired blind clients.
Publication: New Beacon, Vol. 57, No. 675, 1973. pp.170-3.
Date: 1973
Format: Print.

Author: WIEDENMAYER, J.
Title: Look or listen: specific suggestions for improving understanding between blind persons who are hard of hearing and their friends.
Publication: Volta Review, Vol. 75, No. 2, 1973. pp.88-96.
Date: 1973
Format: Large print; Also available as a braille booklet.

Author: NOVIKOVA, L.A.
Title: Blindness and the electrical activity of the brain: electroencephalographic studies of the effects of sensory impairment.
Place: New York:
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
Date: 1973.
Description: Includes: Electrical activity of the brain in
the deaf-blind, pp.145-54. Country: Russia.
Format: Print.

Title: BEING DEAF-BLIND IS LIKE THIS
Author: Sculthorpe, Arthur (Deaf- Blind)
Date: 1974
Publication: (NEW BEACON, March 1974, pp. 57-62)

Title: Play, recreation and leisure for people who are deaf-blind.
Author: Edited by Nesbitt, John A.
Place: Iowa City, IA
Publisher: Recreation Education Program, College of Liberal Arts, University of Iowa
Date: 1974
Pages: 45
Description: Contents include: Perspectives on recreation for deaf-blind, from a deaf-blind person, a parent, a rehabilitation worker and a recreation worker; Poem on deaf-blindness; Play and nonstructured recreation; Youth Programs; Adult programs; Arts and crafts; Recreation circuits; Recreation: what and how; Camping; Designing a program; A therapeutic play facility; Jungle fun; Play in the home; Music, rhythm and dance; A swimming program; Outdoor education/recreation; Sports and athletics; Leisure education for deaf-blind; Special considerations in recreation for deaf-blind; Consumerism and advocacy for recreation for deaf-blind; Evaluation in recreation for deaf-blind: Program evaluation, guidelines for review, evaluation of motor skills; Guidelines on recreation for deaf-blind; Administration of recreation for deaf-blind. Country: US.
Format: Print.

Title: Understanding the deaf/blind child
Author: Freeman, Peggy
Date: 1975
Publisher: Heinemann Health, London
Pages: ix, 126

Author: SALMON, P.J.; SPAR, H.J.
Title: Some observations on services for deaf-blind persons.
Publication: New Outlook for the Blind, Vol. 69, No. 4, 1975. pp.172-83.
Date: 1975
Format: Print.

Title: BROAD AUTUMN
Author: Clemo, Jack (Deaf-Blind)
Place: London: Eye
Date: 1975
Publication: Methuen Ltd, 1975.
Length: 61
Description: Jack Clemo has neen deaf for much of his adult life and blind since 1955. For many years his chief medium of communication with the world has been his poetry.

Title: TO REACH OUT FROM THE DARK
Author: Japan Broadcasting Corporation.
Date: 1976
Publication: Tokyo, Japan: 1976. Length: 30
Description: Tells about Hideki Ooi, a deaf-blind Japanese person.

Title: SKIING WITHOUT SIGHT AND SOUND
Author: Johnson, Rich.
Date: 1976
Publication: (NAT CENT NEWS, July 1976, pp.17-23)
Description: Tells about Lavena Meske, and skiing without the use of sight or sound.

Title: WORLD WITHOUT SIGHT OR SOUND
Author: Lewis, D. Shawn.
Date: 1976
Publication: (EBONY, October 1976, pp.101-103+)
Description: Magazine File. Tells about the life of Doris Callahan, a deaf-blind woman.

Title: A conference of hope: proceedings of the first historic Helen Keller world conference on services to deaf-blind youths and adults. Paris: World Council for the Welfare of the Blind, 1977
Date: 1977
Pages: 104
Description: Conference theme was "The deaf-blind person in the community".
Format: Print.

Author: THURMAN, D.; WEISS-KAPP, S.
Title: Optacon instruction for the deaf-blind.
Publication: Education of the Visually Handicapped, Vol. 9, No. 2, 1977. pp.47-50.
Date: 1977
Format: Print.

Author: KLEMZ, Astrid
Title: Blindness and partial sight: a guide for social workers and others concerned with the care and rehabilitation of the visually handicapped
Place: Cambridge, England
Publisher: Woodhead-Faulkner
Date: 1977
Description: Contents include: Helping the deaf-blind. Country: UK.
Format: Print.

Title: DEAF AND BLIND FLAGLER STUDENT CONSIDERS HERSELF ORDINARY
Author: Parker, Susan,
Date: 1977
Publication: (NAT-CENT NEWS, April 1977, pp. 31-34)
Description: Article about Elaine Van Duser, who is deaf-blind.

Author: SMITH, T.
Title: Guidelines for working/playing with deaf-blind people. Unpublished paper,
Date: 1977
Pages: 11
Description: Includes general principles for working with deaf-blind people, and hints for guiding, communication and interpreting. Country: US.
Format: Print.

Author: HAYES, G.A.
Title: Introducing deaf-blind individuals to recreation.
Publication: Leisurability, Vol. 4, No. 3, 1977. pp.32-8.
Date: 1977
Format: Print.

Title: MY LIFE, EDUCATION AND CAREER
Author: Coker, Jackie (deaf-blind)
Date: 1977
Publication: (NAT-CENT NEWS, 7:2, January 1977, pp.21-32)
Description: The story of Jackie Coker, a deaf-blind woman.

Title: DEAF AND BLIND, CLARENCE REACHES OUT FOR A FULL LIFE
Author: Bresnahan, Jack.
Date: 1977
Publication: (US, 1:5, June 28 1977, pp.36-38)
Description: Magazine file. Tells about Clarence Hammond, who is deaf- blind.

Title: TESTIMONIAL OF MY LIFE EXPERIENCES
Author: Dowdy, Betty K (deaf- blind)
Date: 1977
Publication: Talk in November 1977. Length: 2
Description: Testimony of the life of Betty K. Dowdy, a deaf-blind woman. Given at the first Brazilian Seminar on the Education of the Deaf- blind, Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Author: ROGOW, S.
Title: The application of distinctive and prosodic features to the teaching of speech and speech reading to a deaf-blind person.
Publication: Education of the Visually Handicapped, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1977. pp.7-12.
Date: 1977
Description: Describes a successful attempt to teach speech to a young adult with profound, congenital hearing loss, and blindness due to retinitis pigmentosa. Country: US.
Format: Print.

Author: Reed, C.M.; Rubin, S.I.; Braida, L.D.; Durlack, N.I.
Title: Analytic Study of the Tadoma Method: Discrimination
Ability of Untrained Observers,
Publication: Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, Vol. 21, 1978, pp. 625-637.
Date: 1978

Title: DETERMINED DEMATTIES : The diary of Janet DeMatties
Author: DeMatties, Janet.
Date: 1978
Publication: Watertown, MA: New England Regional Center for Services to Deaf-Blind Children,
Length: 19
Description: Tells the story of Jim DeMatties, a deaf-blind boy; shows how his family deals with Jim's deaf-blindness.

Author: CANGELOSI, P. A.
Title: Touch, talk, and travel.
Publication: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Vol. 72, No. 7, 1978. pp.284-6.
Date: 1978
Description: Describes the special problems and needs of deaf-blind people in rehabilitation training, particularly in orientation and mobility. Country: US.
Format: Print.

Author: GULDAGER, L.
Title: Life-time program for deaf-blind and other multiply handicapped persons.
Publication: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Vol. 72, No. 7, 1978. pp.287-9.
Date: 1978
Format: Print.

Title: DIFFERENT KIND OF COURAGE
Author: Starin, Mark S.
Date: 1978
Publication: (QST, October 1978, pp. 41-43)
Description: Discusses the life of Gayle Sabonaitis, a deaf-blind woman, and her interest in ham radios.

Title: COURAGE BEYOND SIGHT AND HEARING
Author: Martin, Paul.
Date: 1978
Publication: (CHICAGO TRIBUNE MAGAZINE, December 3 1978, pp.22-24,26,28+)
Description: A magazine article about Richard Kinney who is deaf-blind.

Title: DEAF-BLIND WOMAN'S MIND UNLIMITED
Author: Dagley, John.
Date: 1978
Publication: (NAT-CENT NEWS, 8, April 1978, pp.9-13)
Description: Tells the story of Tommie Goins, a deaf-blind woman.

Title: DESPITE YEARS AND HANDICAPS, SHE'S A COLLEGE STUDENT [NELLIE ZIMMERMAN ( DEAF-BLIND)]
Author: George, Bob.
Date: 1978
Publication: (NAT-CENT NEWS,8, April 1978, pp.22-28)
Description: A biographical sketch of Nellie Zimmerman, a deaf-blind woman.

Title: Declaration on the rights of deaf-blind persons.
Publication: International Association for Education of Deaf-Blind Newsletter, November 1979. pp.16-17.
Date: 1979
Format: Print.

Author: HICKS, W.
Title: Communication variables associated with hearing-impaired/vision-impaired persons.
Publication: American Annals of the Deaf, Vol. 124, 1979. pp.419-22.
Date: 1979
Format: Print.

Author: HICKS, W.M. and PFAU, G.S.
Title: Deaf-visually impaired persons: incidence and services.
Publication: American Annals of the Deaf, Vol. 124, 1979. pp.76-92.
Date: 1979
Format: Print

Author: COOPER, A.F.
Title: The psychological problems of the deaf and blind.
Publication: Scottish Medical Journal, Vol. 24, No. 2, 1979.
Date: 1979

Author: FITZGERALD, D.; FITZGERALD, M.
Title: Sexual implications of deaf-blindness.
Publication: Sexuality and Disability Vol. 2, No. 3, 1979.
Date: 1979

Title: LIVING WITH DEAF-BLINDNESS: NINE PROFILES
Author: Yoken, Carol.
Place: Washington, D.C.
Publisher: Gallaudet College
Date: 1979.
Length: 175 p.
Description: Book is intended to introduce students and professional workers to issues in the lives of deaf-blind individuals. Nine profiles include: four individuals born with severe or profound hearing losses and gradually lost most or all of their vision from retinitis pigmentosa; two who suffered sudden, concurrent losses; two with severely impaired vision as young children, then developed hearing losses; one who lost vision in ealy 20's and then 20 years later lost hearing.

Title: INTERNATIONAL DEAF-BLIND PROFILE: DENNIS SCHREIBER
Author: O'Mahony, Jill.
Date: 1979
Publication: (NAT-CENT NEWS, July 1979, pp. 26-63)

Author: LASH, Joseph.
Title: Helen and teacher: the story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy.
Place: London
Publisher: Allen Lane
Date: 1980
Pages: 811
Country: US.
Format: Print.

Author: VERNON, McC.; GREEN, D.
Title: A guide to the psychological assessment of deaf-blind
adults.
Publication: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Vol. 74, No. 6, 1980. pp.229-31.
Date: 1980
Format: Print, Braille & Audio - 4 track.

Title: CECIL STARCHER'S BARGAIN WITH LIFE
Author: Blank, Joseph P.
Date: 1980.
Publication: (READER'S DIGEST, May 1980, pp. 1-14)
Description: Magazine file. A story about the life of Cecil Starcher, a deaf- blind man. Available in the large print edition.

Author: YARNALL, G.D.
Title: Teaching a deaf-blind woman to wait' on command.
Publication: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Vol. 74, No. 1, 1980. pp.24-7.
Date: 1980
Description: A 21 year old woman who
was totally blind and severely hearing impaired, low functioning and who lacked basic
communication skills, was taught to sit quietly and wait on command.

Author: ANDERSON, C.
Title: Work training for industrial or workshop placement.
Place: Australia
Publication: ANZATVH Newsletter, Vol. 16, No. 3, 1980. pp.9-15.
Date: 1980
Format: Print.

Author: KENDALL, E.
Title: A vocation for marriage.
Publication: New Beacon, Vol. 64, No. 755, 1980. pp.57-60.
Date: 1980
Description: Profile of Jack Clemo, a Cornish writer. Country: UK.
Format: Print.

Title: A Basic Course in American Sign Language
Author: Humphries, Tom; Padden, Carol; O'Rourke, Terrence J
Date: 1980
Publisher: T.J. Publishers Inc., Silver Spring, MD USA
Description: In braille it is seven volumes of interpoint, with soft covers.
Formats: print, braille

Author: KATES, Linda; SCHEIN, Jerome D.
Title: A complete guide to communication with deaf-blind persons.
Place: Silver Spring, MD
Publisher: National Association of the Deaf,
Date: 1980
Description: Describes different communication modes and the applicability of each for people with various levels of vision and hearing loss. Country: US.
Format: Print.

Author: LUEY, Helen Sloss; BELSER, Dmitri; GLASS, Laurel
Title: Beyond refuge: coping with losses of vision and hearing in late life.
Place: Sands Point, NY
Publisher: Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youth and Adults
Date: 1980?
Pages: 59
Format: Print.

Author: GRUNSELL, T.A.
Title: Education towards a positive attitude to work.
Publication: International Association for Education of Deaf/Blind Newsletter, December 1980. pp.21-3.
Date: 1980
Format: Print.

Title: A DARK AND SILENT WORLD
Author: Erickson, Mary.
Date: 1980
Publication: (LAWRENCE JOURNAL WORLD, April 27 1980, Classified pp. 2B-3B)
Description: Magazine file. Tells the story of Leonard Dowdy, a deaf- blind man.

Title: THE MARRIAGE OF A REBEL : A mystical-erotic quest
Author: Clemo, Jack (deaf-blind)
Place:: London
Publisher: Victor Gollancz
Date: 1980.
Length: 159
Description: A autobiography of Jack Clemo, a deaf-blind poet and mystic, now in his early sixties.

Author: DORCEY, L.
Title: Fast numeracy for the deaf-blind.
Publication: New Beacon, Vol. 64, No. 764, 1980. pp.316-7.
Date: 1980
Format: Print.

Author: MURPHY, P.
Title: The deaf-blind - present problems and future hopes.
Publication: Inter-Regional Review, No. 67, 1980. pp.30-3.
Date: 1980
Format: Print.

Author: SCHEFFELIN, M.A.M.
Title: Characteristics of employability of deaf-blind persons.
Publication: International Association for Education of Deaf/Blind Newsletter, December 1980. p.33.
Date: 1980
Format: Print.

Author: DORMADY, B.
Title: Teaching employers how to communicate with deaf multiply handicapped persons.
Publication: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Vol. 74, No. 20, 1980. pp.391-3.
Date: 1980
Formats: Print & Audio - 4 track.

Author: PRIMROSE, M.
Title: Orientation and mobility training for deaf-blind adults.
Publication: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Vol. 75, No. 3, 1981. pp.147,149.
Date: 1981
Format: Print, Braille & Audio - 4 track.

Author: BJORLING, B.
Title: There was only one Helen Keller.
Publication: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Vol. 75, No. 7, 1981. pp.305, 307-8.
Date: 1981
Description: Examines the causes of deaf-blindness, distinctions between Helen Keller and the average' deaf-blind population, education of deaf-blind people, and the need for services. Country: US.
Format: Print, Braille & Audio - 4 track.

Title: SEEING WITH MY HANDS
Author: Skorokhodova, Olga (deaf-blind)
Date: 1981
Publication: (THE UNESCO COURIER, January 1981, pp. 12-13)
Description: "How I perceive, Imagine and Understand the World Around Me." Discusses the life of Olga Skorokhidva, a deaf-blind woman.

Title: VOICES: INTERVIEW WITH HANDICAPPED PEOPLE
Author: Orlansky, Michael D.; Heward, William; Merrill, Charles E.
Date: 1981
Publication: Columbus, OH 43216: Bell and Howell Company, 1981.
Length: 263
Description: Among the many handicapped people the authors interviewed were a number of blind, deaf-blind and visually handicapped. Those included are Joseph Fallin, Isaac Obie, Deborah Anne Butler, Sharyn Duffin, Donna and David Finch, Georgie Miller, David Cooper, Dennis Schreiber and Chester Avery.

Author: SCHEFFELIN, M.A.M.
Title: Follow-up study on employability in progress. International
Publication: Association for Education of Deaf/Blind Newsletter, April 1981. pp.3-9.
Date: 1981
Format: Print.

Author: McInnes, John M. ; Treffry, Jacquelyn
Title: Deaf-blind Infants and Children: A Developmental Guide
Place Written: Toronto, Buffalo
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Date: 1982
Pages: xiv, 284
Subject: Infants ; Early Intervention ; Child Development ; Communication - Language Development ; Communication - Methods ; Motor Skills ; Orientation and Mobility
Abstract: A reference guide for teachers, parents, and paraprofessionals working or living with children who are both deaf and blind. Provides day-to-day guidance and suggestions about techniques for assessing and for devising programs. Good overviews on communication, motor development, perceptual development, and on orientation and mobility. Available in Spanish.
ISBN: 0-8020-7787-0

Author: Reed, C.M.; Durlach, N.I.; Braida, L.D.
Title: Research on Tactile Communication of Speech: A Review.
Publication: American Speech and Hearing Association Monograph, Number 29, March, 1982.
Date: 1982

Title: TEACHER IS DEAF, BLIND
Author: Hornung, Bill.
Date: 1982
Publication: (THE VOICE,20, April 1982, pp.14-16)
Description: Biographical sketch of Richard Lesher who is deaf-blind and is a teacher.

Title: BRITISH COLUMBIA'S REMARKABLE CHARLES CRANE ENDED HIS DAYS STAPLING BEER CARTONS
Author: Davis, Chuck.
Date: 1982
Length: 10-12
Description: Crane, Charles; Reprinted from The Province - October 17, 1982. I. The Canadian Deaf-Blind and Rubella Association.

Author: HARLAND, P.
Title: Very hard or too hard basket? A consumer who is both deaf and blind and also ataxic reflects on her experience of the rehabilitative process.
Publication: Australian Disability Review, No. 4, 1992. pp.39-42.
Date: 1982
Format: Print.

Title: International Hand Alphabet Charts
Author: Carmel, Simon J.
Publisher: Studio Printing Inc., Rockville, MD 20851, USA
Date: 1982
Description: This is for the second edition. The first edition was 1975. This has library of Congress Catalog Card Number 81-90361. Includes charts of the hand alphabets of 45 countries and the International Hand Alphabet, plus five hand alphabets for deaf-blind people (American One-Hand and British Two-Hand manuel alphabets, International Standard Manual Aphabet, Lorm Alphabet, and Norwegian Alphabet). The appendixes include some earlier hand alphabets used in Europe, and the Chinese Finger Alphabet and Chinese Finger Syllabary.

Title: BLIND, DEAF FILM BUFF USES SIGHT OF HAND
Author: Fitterman, Lisa.
Date: 1983
Publication: (THE SUN, November 25 1983, p.1)
Description: Tells the story of Pierre Morton, a deaf-blind man who is also a film buff. Reprinted in the CANADIAN DEAF-BLIND AND RUBELLA ASSOCIATION NEWSLETTER, Spring 1984.

Title: THE GENIUS THAT DEAFNESS COULD NOT SILENCE NOR BLINDNESS HIDE
Author: Cayton, Harry.
Date: 1983
Publication: (THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR DEAF-BLIND AND RUBELLA HANDICAPPED NEWSLETTER, 29, Christmas 1983, p. 6)
Description: Tells about the life of Charles Crane, a deaf-blind person.

Author: Perkins School for the Blind
Title: Perkins: challenging, changing, growing/ Communications learning
Place Written: Watertown, MA
Publisher: Perkins School for the Blind
Date: 1984
Format: Video
Subject: Education ; Multiply Handicapped ; Residential Programs ; Daily Living Skills
Abstract: A movie made of a color slide presentation. Shows a variety of academic, daily living, vocational, and rehabilitative education provided to blind, deaf-blind, and multi-handicapped students and clients at Perkins, as seen through the individual perspective of students, graduates, teachers, parents and administrators. For grade 6 to adult.

Title: COPING WITH A DOUBLE LOSS
Author: Lackershire, Phyllis (deaf-blind)
Date: 1984
Publication: (LIFEPRINTS, September/October 1984, pp.16-19)
Description: Autobiography of Phyllis Lackershire.

Title: RADIANT GIFT
Author: Lawhorn, Geraldine (deaf-blind)
Date: 1984
Publication: (LIFEPRINTS, September/October 1984, pp.3-5)
Description: Biography of educator of deaf-blind, Vasile Adamescu, who himself was also deaf-blind.

Title: CHRISTOPHER, A SILENT LIFE
Author: Brock, Margaret.
Date: 1984
Publication: updated ed. 1984. -- London, England: Bedford Square Press, for SENSE - the National Deaf-Blind and Rubella Association,
Length: 137
Description: Tells the story of Christopher Brock, and continues the account of the day-to-day life of a family with a deaf- blind, non- communicating person.

Title: INSTITUTE ON REHABILITATION ISSUES (11th: 1984: San Antonio, TX). Strategies for serving deaf-blind clients.
Place: Hot Springs, AR
Publisher: Arkansas Research and Training Center in Vocational Rehabilitation, University of Arkansas,
Date: 1984
Pages: 143
Format: Print; Audio - 4 track; Braille.

Author: BUSSE, D. & others.
Title: Employment of deaf-blind rubella students in a subsidized work program.
Publication: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Vol. 79, No. 2, 1985. pp.59-64.
Date: 1985
Formats: Print, Braille & Audio - 4 track.

Author: HARLAND, P.
Title: Mini autobiography.
Publication: ANZAEVH Newsletter, Vol. 19, No. 4, 1985. pp.17-21.
Date: 1985
Description: The author lost her sight and hearing during early childhood, and later graduated from university. This is an account of her educational experience. Country: Australia.
Format: Print.

Author: MACDONALD, R.J.
Title: On gaining independence as a deaf-blind person.
Publication: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Vol. 79, No. 5, 1985. pp.205-8.
Date: 1985
Formats: Print & Audio - 4 track.

Author: DESMOND, M.M. & others.
Title: The health and educational status of adolescents with congenital rubella syndrome.
Publication: Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, Vol. 27, 1985. pp.721-9.
Date: 1985
Format: Print.

Author: NELIPOVICH, M.; NAEGELE, L.
Title: The rehabilitation process for persons who are deaf and blind.
Publication: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Vol. 79, No. 3, 1985. pp.104-9.
Date: 1985
Format: Print, Braille & Audio - 4 track.

Author: MCGINNITY, B.L.
Title: Community-based training, a component of career education for deaf-blind youth.
Publication: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Vol. 79, No. 10, 1985. pp.466-7.
Date: 1985
Format: Print, Braille & Audio - 4 track.

Author: Freeman, Peggy
Title: The Deaf-Blind Baby:
Subtitle: A Programme of Care
Place Written: London
Publisher: William Heinemann Medical Books
Date: 1985
Pages: viii, 152p.
Subject: Infants ; Early Intervention ; Programs and Services ; Child Development
Abstract: This book is intended for parents but will also provide insight for others who share in the care and education of deaf-blind children. It provides explanation of the functions of vision and hearing and how visual and auditory skills. The program itself is divided into six stages with no age reference because progress is continuous at each child's own rate. A milestone schedule of child development is provided as a guideline, along with appendixes of sources of further information and resources.

Author: PATTON, P. L.
Title: Understanding and communicating with the deaf-blind client: a guide for vocational evaluators and work adjustment specialists.
Publication: Vocational Evaluation and Work Adjustment Bulletin, Vol. 19, No. 2, 1986. pp.63-6.
Date: 1986
Format: Print.

Author: MAXSON, B.J.; GIESEN, J. Martin; FORD, Kevin
Title: Factors influencing employment outcomes of legally blind rehabilitation clients who have hearing impairments: executive summary.
Place: Mississippi
Publisher: Rehabilitation Research & Training Center in Blindness & Low Vision, Mississippi State University
Date: 1986
Pages: 6
Format: Print.

Author: Gilden, D; Jaffe, DL.
Title: Dexter--a helping hand for communicating with
the deaf-blind.
Publication: Proc 9th Annual Conference of Rehabilitation
Engineering (RENSA), Minneapolis MN,
Date: 1986.

Title: Employment options for young adults with deaf-blindness: philosophy, practice, new directions.
Author: Edited by Barrett, Stephen S. ; Smith, Anne M.
Place: Sands Point, NY
Publisher: Technical Assistance Center, Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults,
Date: 1986
Description: Contents include: The integration of the vocational curriculum component throughout the educational process for students who are deaf-blind or have other severe handicaps; Behaviour problems and critical issues in employability of persons who are severely handicapped; Vocational training in the deaf-blind program at Perkins School for the Blind; The work experience program at Helen Keller National Center; A transitional services model for provision of service to persons who are deaf-blind and severely handicapped; Selecting, as a living arrangement, the most appropriate placement for the person who is deaf and blind.
Format: Print.

Title: Sensory impairments in mentally handicapped people.
Author: Edited by Ellis, David
Place: London:
Publisher: Croom Helm
Date: 1986
Description: Contents include: Robert Dantona/ Implications of demographic data for planning of services for deaf-blind children and adults; Anthony Holland/ Genetic aspects of visual and auditory impairment in mentally handicapped people; Gwendolyn Pennington & others/ Considerations in selection of sign systems and initial lexica.
Format: Print.

Author: THURLOW, W.R.
Title: Some comparisons of characteristics of alphabetic codes for the deaf-blind.
Publication: Human Factors, Vol. 28, No. 2, 1986. pp.175-86.
Date: 1986
Format: Print.

Author: CHOMSKY, C.
Title: Analytic study of the Tadoma method: language abilities of three deaf-blind subjects.
Publication: Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, Vol. 29, 1986. pp.332-47.
Date: 1986
Format: Print.

Title: KATHLEEN SPEAR: A PROFILE IN ACCOMPLISHMENT
Author: Adler, Edna P.
Date: 1986
Publication: (AMERICAN REHABILITATION,12 (Oct.-Dec. 1986):24-25)
Description: Tells about Kathleen Spear, a deaf-blind woman.

Title: GRANDMA KNOWS BEST
Author: Sweet, Ruth.
Date: 1986
Publication: (WOMAN'S WORLD, November 25 1986, p.45)
Description: Tells about the life of Sandra Sweet, a deaf-blind woman, including her education and information about her family.

Title: NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON THE TRANSITION OF PROFOUNDLY/MULTIPLY HANDICAPPED DEAF-BLIND YOUTH (1986: Pentagon City, VA). Transition for persons with deaf-blindness and other profound handicaps: state of the art.
Place: Monmouth, OR
Publisher: Teaching Research Publications
Date: 1987
Pages: 163
Description: Contents include: H.D. Bud Fredericks/ Those with profound handicaps: Who are they? How can they be served?; Lyle T. Romer/ Community-based residential options for persons with severe/multiple disabilities: impact of services on people's lifestyles; Sharon L. Hostler/ Youth with profound multiple handicaps of deaf-blindness: health issues in their transition; Lori Goetz/ Recreation and leisure: practices in educational programs which hold promise for adult service models. Country: US.
Format: Print.

Title: A User Interface for Deaf-Blind People (Preliminary Report)
Author: Gentry, Dennis; Meyer, Karin; Rose, Scott
Publication: Proceedings of ACM CHI+GI'87 Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems and Graphics Interface
Date: 1987
Description: A user interface suitable for deaf-blind users is presented and justified. The interface is designed for small paperless Braille displays, large font visual displays, or other low-bandwidth displays. Some of the key properties of the interface are that it uses a hierarchical approach to structure both commands and data, has a small universal command set, and has pervasive editing capability. DBNet, a system employing the user interface, has been built and tested with deaf-blind users. DBNet will provide various communication services to the deaf-blind community including electronic news, mail, and bulletin boards.

Title: SHE HAS THINGS TO LIVE FOR [EARLDEAN HARDEN]
Author: Reed, Heather.
Date: 1987
Publication: (NAT-CENT NEWS, 18, September 1987, pp. 34-41)
Description: Discusses the life of Earldean Harden, a deaf-blind woman.

Title: Community-based living options for young adults with deaf-blindness: philosophy,
directions, and strategies.
Author: Edited by Barrett, Stephen S. ; Carr, Theresa S. ;Covert, Angela M.
Place: Sands Point, NY: Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind
Youths and Adults,
Date: 1987
Format: Print.

Author: Gilden D; Jaffe DL.
Title: Speaking in hands.
Publication: SOMA: Engineering for the Human Body 2:6-13:1987.
Date: 1987

Author: WOODFORD, Doreen E.
Title: Survey of sign language reception of and modification for deaf
people who are losing their sight.
Place: London:
Publisher: Sense & Council for the Advancement of Communication with Deaf People
Date: 1987
Pages: 21
Format: Print.

Author: Gallaudet University
Title: Deaf-blindness
Subtitle: a fact sheet
Place Written: Washington, DC
Date: 1987
Pages: 5
Format: Pamphlet File
Subject: Public Awareness ; Communication ; Employment ; Etiology
Abstract: Six page brochure gives definitions of hearing and visual impairments, discusses methods of communication, lists some occupations of deaf-blind persons, and gives a brief list of resource agencies.

Author: Goetz, Lori (Ed.) ; Guess, Doug (Ed.) ; Stremel-Campbell, Kathleen (Ed.)
Title: Innovative Program Design for Individuals with Dual Sensory Impairments
Place Written: Baltimore, MD
Publisher: Paul H. Brookes
Date: 1987
Pages: 366p.
Subject: Education ; Child Development ; Communication - Language Development ; Communication - Methods ; Assessment ; Curriculum ; Early Intervention ; Cognitive Development ; Teaching Methods
Abstract: General college level text begins with a historical overview of service delivery systems and educational services for deaf-blind individuals. Other subjects included are communication, orientation and mobility, assessment, working with families. Considerable information in the area of appropriate practicies for building and implementing curriculum.

Title: FRIENDS? YOU BETCHA
Author: Lewis, Jack.
Date: 1987
Publication: (NAT-CENT NEWS, September 1987, pp.30-34)
Description: Tells about the life of Nathan Kessler, a deaf-blind man.

Author: TAYLOR, R.G.
Title: Teaching a severely handicapped deaf-blind young woman to prepare breakfast foods.
Publication: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Vol. 81, No. 2, 1987. pp.67-9.
Date: 1987
Format: Print & Audio - 4 track.

Author: Gilden, D.
Title: A robotic hand as a communication aid for the deaf-blind.
Publication: Proc 20th Hawaii Int. Conf. System. Sciences
Date: 1987.

Title: THE WORLD AT HIS FINGERTIPS.
Publisher: Helen Keller National Center, in association with
Roberts Productions
Date: 1987
Length: 28 minutes.
Description: Michael Van Orman lost his hearing at twenty-eight and his sight six years later. Describes how he was able to begin rehabilitation and regain his independence with the help of the Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults in the USA, where he later became a permanent staff member. Country: US.
Format: VHS video

Title: RUBELLA BABIES GROW UP
Author: Slatalla, Michelle.
Date: 1987
Publication: (NAT-CENT NEWS 18, September 1987, pp. 42-56)
Description: Discusses the lives of several deaf-blind people, including Sharon Brown.

Title: Psychosocial interventions with sensorially disabled persons.
Author: Edited by Heller, Bruce W. & others
Place: Orlando, FL
Publisher: Grune & Stratton
Date: 1987
Description: Contents include:
Martin A. Adler/ Psychosocial interventions with deaf-blind youths and adults,
pp.187-207. Country: US
Format: Print.

Title: INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF DEAF-BLIND CONFERENCE (9th: 1987: Poitiers). 9th I.A.E.D.B. International Conference.
Place: Poitiers:
Publisher: Association Nationale pour les Sourds Aveugles
Date: 1987
Description: Contents include: Ed Hammer/ Observation and assessment of deaf-blind persons: a review of issues, pp.1-31; Helen Parker & D. Patricia Richards/ Toward independence for young adults in British Columbia, Canada: a team approach, pp.98-108; M. Lewis/ Preparation for life, pp.116-22; Babro Furugren/ Interviews with deaf-blind persons in Sweden, pp.135-8; John M. McInnes/ Integration, pp.140-5; Birgit Friele/ Integrating the young deaf-blind adult into community vocational and recreational settings, pp.155-67; Graham Hicks/ Technical aids for integration, pp.175-7; R.S.Sethi/ Paper on continuing education, pp.261-3; Franois Sarazin/ Further education for low functioning deaf- blind people, pp.280-3; Elin Ostli/ Effects of maturation: emphasis on sexual development, pp.297-305; J. Coll & others/ Balance & obstacle awareness in the deaf-blind persons's perception of space, pp.356-61; Stan Munroe/ Advocating for the deaf-blind in Canada, pp.472-8.
Format: Print.

Author: Gilden D; Jaffe DL.
Title: A robotic hand communication aid for the deaf- blind.
Publication: SOMA, October, 1987.
Date: 1987

Author: GILDEN, D.; JAFFE, D. L.
Title: Speaking in hands.
Publication: Soma, October 1987. pp.6-13.
Date: 1987
Description: Describes the prototype of a computer-based pneumatically-powered electromechanical fingerspelling hand (Dexter). Country: US.
Format: Print.

Corporate Author: Oregon Research Institute
Title: Getting in Touch: Communicating with a Child Who is Deaf-Blind
Place Written: Eugene
Publisher: Oregon Research Institute
Date: 1987
Pages: 19 min.
Format: Video
Subject: Communication - Methods ; Child Development ; Personnel Training ; Parent Education
Abstract: Introduces teacher, staff, and parents to basic guidelines for communicating with children who have vision and/or hearing impairments using touch cues and object cues. The program stresses the importance of considering the degree of each child's sensory impairments and arranging an individualized communication system based on the child's abilities and needs. Available from: Research Press, P.O. Box 3177, Dept. E, Champagne, IL., 61826-3177. Phone: (217) 352-3273. Fax: (217) 352-1221. Purchase price is $150.00. Rental price is $55.00 for three days.

Title: MEETING THE CHALLENGE.
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind, in conjunction with National Industries for the Blind
Date: 1987.
Length: 14 minutes.
Description: Looks at three vision impaired people with other disabilities working and leading independent lives in the United States. Country: US.
Format: VHS video.

Author: SHIELDS, Joan.
Title: Recreational activities for deaf-blind people.
Place: London
Publisher: Royal National Institute for the Blind
Date: 1987
Pages: 12
Format: Print.

Title: THE SURVIVAL OF JAN LITTLE
Author: Man, John.
Date: 1987
Publication: New York: Viking Press, 1987.
Length: x, 342
Description: The story of Jan Little who, suffering the effects of complete tunnel vision and almost totally deaf, finds herself, after the sudden death of her husband daughter, left alone in the remote Amazon jungle.

Author: DEFIORE, E.N.; SILVER, R.
Title: A redesigned assistance card for the deaf-blind traveler.
Publication: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Vol. 82, No. 5, 1988. pp.175, 177.
Date: 1988
Format: Print, Braille & Audio - 4 track.

Title: A Sensory Curriculum for Very Special People: A Practical Approach to Curriculum Planning
Author: Longhorn, Flo
Date: 1988
Publisher: Souvenir Press, London
ISBN: 0 285 65064 5
Description: Part of the "Human Horizons Series". Good for working with congenitally deafblind children.

Title: Value-based services for young adults with deaf-blindness: report of a national conference.
Author: Edited by Covert, Angela M. & Carr, Theresa S.
Place: Sands Point, NY
Publisher: Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults
Date: 1988
Description: Contents include: Value-based services: a parent's perspective; Public awareness and advocacy training; Issues in service delivery.
Format: Print.

Author: BARR, D.
Title: Deaf-blind people: look at our abilities not our disabilities.
Publication: New Beacon, Vol. 72, No. 853, 1988. pp.184-5
Date: 1988
Format: Print.

Title: Of Such Small Differences
Author: Greenberg, Joanne
Date: 1988
Publisher: Holt, New York
Length: 262 pages
Description: Fiction, about deafblind people. No more detail available.

Author: MURPHY, P.
Title: Guiding deaf-blind people [letter].
Publication: New Beacon, Vol. 72, No. 850, 1988. p.73. See also letters in reply in New Beacon, Vol. 72, No. 852, 1988. pp.141-2.
Date: 1988
Format: Print.

Title: USHER'S SYNDROME: WHAT IT IS, HOW TO COPE, AND HOW TO HELP.
Author: Duncan, E.; Prickett, H.; Finkelstein, D.; Vernon, McCay; Hollingsworth, T.
Date: 1988
Publication: Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas, 1988.
Length: 93
Description: Directed at the patient, family and professional. Book contains interviews with patients, discusses medical aspects of Usher's, communicating the diagnosis, psychological adjustment to the diagnosis, educational concerns, employment and vocational rehabilitation, recreation, social interaction and resources.

Title: INTERVIEWS WITH DEAF-BLIND PERSONS IN SWEDEN
Author: Furugren, Barbro.
Date: 1988
Publication: (THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER FOR THE DEAF-BLIND, 5, March 1988, pp.14-17)

Title: Interpreting and transliterating for persons who are deaf-blind.
Author: Edited by Raistrick, Kathryn L.
Place: Springfield, Il
Publisher: Illinois Department of Rehabilitation Services,
Date: 1988
Pages: 23
Format: Print.

Author: KRAMER, J.; LEIFER, L.
Title: The talking glove: an expressive and receptive verbal communication aid for the deaf, deaf-blind, and nonvocal.
Publication: SIGCAPH Newsletter, No. 39, 1988. pp.12-16.
Date: 1988
Format: Print.

Title: Second European conference of deaf-blind people.
Place: Peterborough
Publisher: National Deaf-Blind League
Date: 1988
Pages: 36
Description: Contents include: European deaf-blind survey; The Nordic staff training centre for deaf-blind services; Services for the deaf-blind in Finland; Technology for deaf-blind people; Cochlear implants for deaf-blind people; The deaf-blind and employment; The emancipation of the deaf-blind people.
Format: Print.

Title: Breaking through: developing services for deaf-blind people.
Place: London
Author: Deaf-Blind Services Liaison Group
Date: 1988.
Format: Print.

Author: VENN, J.; WADLER, F.
Title: Deaf-blind independent living project: a status report.
Publication: Education of the Visually Handicapped, Vol. 20, No. 1, 1988. pp.23-8.
Date: 1988
Description: A model for educating deaf-blind teenagers, focusing on functional daily living and vocational skills.
Format: Print.

Title: KEEPING IN TOUCH.
Publisher: SENSE
Date: 1989
Length: 20 minutes.
Description: A video guide to ways of communication which can be used between vision and hearing impaired people, hearing impaired people and hearing people. This video focuses on how methods used by hearing people (speech) and by hearing impaired people (sign language) can be adapted to touch methods with vision and hearing impaired people. Communication methods discussed in the video include Block, the Deaf-Blind Manual Alphabet, British Sign Language, Sign Supported English, Paget Gorman Signed Speech, hand on hand and Tadoma. Country: UK.
Format: VHS video

Title: The development of services for deaf-blind people: the next steps to 'Breaking through'.
Place: London
Author: Deaf-Blind Services Liaison Group,
Date: 1989
Format: Print.

Author: Jaffe, DL.
Title: Dexter: A finger-spelling hand.
Publication: On-Center-Technology Transfer News, 1: 1989.
Date: 1989

Title: Identifying vision and hearing problems among older persons
Author: Bagley, Martha.
Publication: strategies and resources. Dallas, TX: Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults, 1989.
Date: 1989
Length: 16 pages.
Format: Print.

Title: LINDSAY RESIDENT (MARIE ANNE FOUSEK, DEAF-BLIND) IS A MODEL FOR OTHERS (May 1989):
Publication: (NAT-CENT NEWS, 19)
Date: 1989
Length: 11-19
Description: Tells about Marie Anne Fousek, a deaf-blind woman.

Author: HAUSMAN, B.
Title: An alternative approach to employment for people with deaf-blindness.
Publication: American Rehabilitation, Vol. 15, No. 1, 1989. pp.2-4, 31.
Date: 1989
Format: Print.

Title: DEFEATING THE DARKNESS AND THE SILENCE [BRING JAKE INTO THE WORLD]
Author: Stewart, Barbara.
Date: 1989
Length: 12
Publication: (REPRINTED FROM THE ORLANDO SENTINEL, FLORIDA MAGAZINE, August 20)

Author: SNOW, B.
Title: Developing a service for multi-sensory impaired adults: recruitment, retention and training of staff.
Publication: British Journal of Visual Impairment, Vol. 7, No. 3, 1989. pp.81-3.
Date: 1989
Format: Print.

Title: Dimensions: visually impaired persons with multiple disabilities.
Author: American Foundation for the Blind
Place: New York
Date: 1989
Description: Contains selected papers from the Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, including: M. Nelipovich & L. Naegele/ The rehabilitation process for persons who are deaf and blind, pp.15-20; R.J. Macdonald/ On gaining independence as a deaf-blind person, pp.60-2; D.G. Busse & others/ Employment of deaf-blind rubella students in a subsidized work program, pp.85-90.
Format: Print.

Author: GRIFFIN, S.L.; LOWRY, J.
Title: Supported employment for persons with deaf-blindness and
mental retardation.
Publication: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Vol. 83, No. 10, 1989. pp.495-9.
Date: 1989
Format: Print & Audio - 4 track.

Author: HINTON, D.E.
Title: Research and technological aids for people who are deaf-blind.
Publication: American Rehabilitation, Vol. 15, 1989. pp.7-10.
Date: 1989
Format: Print

Title: A FEELING FOR LIFE.
Place: Melbourne
Publisher: Association for the Blind
Date: 1989
Length: 16 minutes.
Description: The lives of five Australians experiencing hearing and vision loss are sensitively explored as they discuss and demonstrate the effect of their sensory loss. Hearing and vision loss are simulated to assist the viewer in understanding this sensory change. Practical suggestions are made aimed at assisting individuals with a hearing and vision loss.
Format: VHS video.

Author: BIEDERMAN-ANDERSON, L.
Title: Braille telecaptioning: making real time television accessible to deaf-blind consumers.
Publication: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Vol. 83, No. 3, 1989. pp.164-5.
Date: 1989
Format: Print, Braille & Audio - 4 track.

Title: Warwick '89: papers on the education of the deaf-blind. In two volumes.
Author: Edited by Best, Anthony B.
Place: London
Publisher: Sense for the International Association for the Education of the Deaf-Blind
Date: 1989
Description: Contents include: Volume 1: Dietrich Bunck/ Guidelines for sex education for the deaf-blind, pp.27-35; John McInnes/ Programming for congenital and early adventitious deaf-blind adults, pp.53-63; K.J.C. Lewis/ Training the multi- handicapped deaf student for semi-independent living and sheltered employment, pp.109-13. Volume 2: Jack van Abeelen & Carla Olislagers/ Programme to improve social behaviour in a group of deaf-viusally-impaired persons, pp.1-8; R.J.C. Admiraal/ Rare genetic syndromes associated with visual and hearing defects, pp.9-18; Peter J. Grigson & others/ An electronic communication system for deaf-blind finger-spellers, pp.78-83; Gro Elisabeth Hallan & Tonhild Strand Hauge/ Motor prompt, rhythmic passive movement and wholebody vibrations created spontaneous sign communication in deaf-blind adult, pp.84-7; Paul Hart/ Music - a vehicle for communication, pp.88-90; Rima J. Hatoum/ The individualized curriculum sequence and extended classroom models in programming for students with dual sensory impairments and multihandicaps, pp.91-101; John le Cue/ Interdisciplinary collaboration - initiatives from the voluntary sector, pp.123-7; Christine Matte/ Auditory training and lip-reading for deaf blind persons, pp.128-31; Marc Serruys/ Deaf-blind people in psychiatric institutions, pp.205-15. Country: UK.
Format: Print.

Author: KARP, Adrienne; MICHAELSON, Cathy.
Title: Sound and sight: your second fifty years.
Place: New York
Publisher: Lighthouse National Center for Vision and Aging,
Date: 1990
Pages: 19
Description: Contents include: The older person with combined hearing and vision loss; How to communicate verbally with a person who has dual sensory loss.
Format: Large Print.

Title: Proceedings of the third Canadian Conference on deaf-blindness: "Deaf-Blindness in the 1990s - the future is now"
Place: Meaford, Ontario
Publisher: Canadian Deaf-Blind and Rubella Association
Date: 1990
Pages: 256
Description: Contents include: John McInnes/ Deaf-Blindness: a unique disability, pp.15-22; Marleen Janssen/ Rubella update - Dr. J. van Dijk's research and findings, pp.23-38; Kerry Wadman/ The challenge for the deaf-blind consumer or the consumer movement of deaf-blind people, pp.39-46; Dr. Sylvia Keet and Dr. Maida Follini/ Congenital rubella: the lessons of history, pp.47- 63; Tom Miller/ Social/sex education for the deaf-blind, pp.81-98; Connie Southall/ Intervention - what is it, pp.99-111; Dr. Ann Plotkin/ Low vision assessment of the deaf-blind individual; Kelly Pollock/ Orientation and mobility with deaf-blind persons "a possibility", pp.119-41; Adrienne Caruso/ Deaf-Blindness: impact on the family, community and professionals, pp.194-202; Stan Munroe/ Canadian Deaf-Blind and Rubella Association, pp.225-33; Mark Demerling/ Conference 90 - consumer panel - young deaf-blind adults, pp.234-56.
Format: Print.

Corporate Author: National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research
Title: Deaf-Blindness SER REHAB BRIEF, vol. xiii, no. 2, 1990, pp. 1-4.
Date: 1990
Format: Clipping
Subject: Multiply Handicapped ; Communication ; Demographics ; Psychological Services ; Assessment ; Orientation and Mobility ; Employment ; Consultants and Consulting ; Independent Living
Abstract: The aim of this publication is basic education of counselors as to the issues associated with deaf-blindness and how to make appropriate referrals.

Author: GREENBERG, Joanne
Title: Of such small differences.
Place: London
Publisher: : Pan Books, London
Date: 1990.
Pages: 262
Description: A novel. John was born blind, but hearing; a beating by his father left him
deaf at the age of nine. Then, 15 years later, Leda - strong, sensitive and rich with
experience - changes his life forever. She brings excitement, criticism, truth, love - and
a touch to recreate him. Country: US.
Format: Print; Large print; Audio - 4 track; Braille.

Title: THE IMPORTANCE OF RETAINING YOUR LANGUAGE WHEN YOU HAVE BECOME DEAF-BLIND
Author: Santini, Sabina (Deaf-Blind)
Date: 1990.
Publication: It was a series of talks.
Length: 77-80
Description: Presentations by Sabina Santini, Giuseppa Maneti, Angelo Migliore: all deaf-blind. I. THE HELEN KELLER WORLD CONFERENCE ON SERVICES TO DEAF-BLIND PERSONS (4TH, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER, 1989)

Title: COACTIVE TACTILE SIGN LANGUAGE VIDEO TAPES
Corporate Author: SKI*HI Institute
Date: 1990
Format: Video
Description: developed to provide professionals and families wit children who are deaf-blind a clear, precise guide and reference for learning and using a coactive sign system. Coactive tactile signing is adult assisted hand-over-hand signing. There are nine 60 minute video tapes in the coactive sign series. The program is divided into two sections. The first part of the series consists of twelve beginning lessons which contain vocabulary considered essential to the young child's functioning, or survival signs. Also included in the beginning lessons are teaching tips, demonstrations showing the signs being used in daily activities, and a series of mini lessons which provides information on how to improve overall coactive signing skills. These lessons are found on the first six video tapes. The three remaining video tapes contain the second part of the series which consists of twenty backup units containing vocabulary (406 signs are presented) that will enrich and expand the child's language. Available from HOPE Inc., 809 North 800 East, Logan, UT 84321, (801) 752-9533. $200/set.

Author: GILL, John.
Title: Devices for deaf-blind persons.
Publication: Technical Development Newsletter, No. 3, 1990. pp.15-25.
Date: 1990
Format: Print & Audio.

Title: A People's History of the United States
Author: Zinn, Howard
Date: 1990
Publisher: Harper Perennial, a division of Harper Collins
Description: This is included only because it has about three paragraphs on Helen Keller's political work.

Title: A Study of the Tactual and Visual Reception of Fingerspelling
Author: Fischer, Susan; Reed, Charlotte; Delhorne, Lorraine; Durlach, Nathaniel
Publication: Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, Volume 33, December 1990
Date: 1990
Pages: 786-797

Author: MURPHY, P.
Title: How I live with deaf-blindness.
Publication: In: Being Deaf. Edited by G. Taylor & J. Bishop. pp.169-72.
Place: Milton Keynes
Publisher: Open University Press
Date: 1990.
Format: Print.

Title: The fourth Helen Keller world conference on services to deaf-blind persons.
Place: Stockholm
Date: 1990
Pages: 180
Description: Contents include: Declaration of the basic needs of deaf-blind persons; Daniel Alvarez/ The use of methods of communication amongst the deaf-blind in Spain; Ove Bejsnap/ Starting an association for the deaf-blind; Satoshi Fukushima/ My life and my finger Braille; Graham Hicks/ Open employment; Katarina Johansson/ The interpreter, our best and most important aid for communication; Roderick J. MacDonald/ Deaf-blindness: an emerging culture? & The deaf-blind person and advanced technology; Jozef Mendrun/ Polish palm alphabet; Patrick Murphy/ Deaf-blindness in the United Kingdom & The importance of the international newsletter; Sabina Santilli/ The importance of retaining your language when you have become deaf-blind; Janette Scahill/ The situation for deaf-blind people in New Zealand; Rajinder Singh Sethi/ Communication for deaf-blind in India; Sergei Sirotkin/ On my own experience of communication; Robert J. Smithdas/ Technology and the deaf-blind populations; Yolanda de Rodriguez/ My personal experience and conditions for the deaf-blind in Colombia; Beroz N. Vacha/ The Helen Keller Institute for the deaf and the deaf-blind, Bombay.
Format: Print.

Author: MURPHY, A.
Title: Thank God the builders got their way.
Publication: New Beacon, Vol. 74, No. 880, 1990. pp.337-8.
Date: 1990
Description: Tells how finding a helper has improved the quality of her life.
Format: Print.

Author: HYRINEN, Lea; GIMBLE, Lindsay; SORRI, Martti.
Title: Assessment of vision and hearing of deaf-blind persons.
Place: Burwood, Vic.
Publisher: Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind,
Date: 1990
Pages: 67
Format: Print.

Author: THOMPSON, Valerie
Title: A girl like Alice: the story of the Australian Helen Keller.
Place: North Rocks, NSW
Publisher: North Rocks Press
Date: 1990
Pages: 136
Description: Alice Betteridge lost her sight and hearing as a result of meningitis at the age of two in 1903. The little girl changed from a bright happy toddler to a wild little animal. The staff at the New South Wales Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind agreed to try to reach the girl's 'locked' mind, but dreaded the task that lay ahead. No such child had ever been educated in Australia. This is the story of Alice and Roberta Reid, the young self-trained teacher who brought her 'out of the shadows'.
Format: Print.

Author: LUNDSTRM, B.
Title: Transcription service for the deaf-blind: much more than brailling a text.
Publication: Paper presented at IFLA Satellite Meeting: Breaking down communication barriers: library service for people unable to read inkprint, Uppsala, Sweden, August
1990. Also published in: Link-up, No. 80, 1993. pp.1-5. Country: Sweden.
Date: 1990
Format: Print.

Author: BARR, D.
Title: Visiting the land of green ginger (with a little help from my friends).
Publication: New Beacon, Vol. 74, No. 880, 1990. pp.336-7.
Date: 1990
Description: Emphasises the importance of
continuing the learning process, especially for the older deaf-blind person. Country: UK.
Format: Print.

Title: Night Vision: Basic, clinical and applied aspects
Author: Edited by Hess, R. F; Sharpe, L. T. ; Nordby, K.
Date: 1990
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521327369
Description: Includes information on R.P. and Usher Syndrome

Title: MY PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND CONDITIONS FOR THE DEAF-BLIND IN COLOMBIA
Author: Rodriguez, Yolanda de (Deaf-Blind)
Date: 1990
Publicaton: Unknown
Length: 97- 100
Description: Description by Yolands de Rodriguez (Deaf-Blind) from Columbia. I. THE HELEN KELLER WORLD CONFERENCE ON SERVICES TO DEAF-BLIND PERSONS (4TH, STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN, SEPTEMBER 28-OCTOBER 3, 1989)

Title: TWO VIEWS OF LIFE WITH A DOUBLE HANDICAP
Author: Barr, Dorothy (Deaf-Blind); Murphy, Ann (Deaf-Blind)
Date: 1990
Publication: (NEW BEACON,74, October 1990)
Length: 336-338
Description: Dorothy Barr emphasises the importance of continuing the learning process for the older deaf-blind person while Anne Murphy, a young deaf-blind woman who lives in Dublin tells how finding a helper has improved the quality of her life. Dorothy Barr lives in Britain and Anne Murphy lives in Ireland.

Author: DOMINGO-SCHMITT, M.
Title: Social group work at HKNC (Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults).
Publication: Nat-Cent News, Vol. 21, No. 1, 1990. pp.35-40.
Date: 1990
Format: Large print; Braille.

Author: GRAHAM, Sara; STAPLETON, Clare.
Title: The extra costs of participation in work, education or training for people with disabilities: an exploratory study.
Place: Kensington, NSW, Australia
Publisher: Social Policy Research Centre, University of New South Wales, July 1990
Date: 1990
Pages: 91
Description: This study, commissioned by the Department of Social Security, provides a detailed examination of the extra costs incurred in participation in work, education or training by people with disabilities, and attempts to explain their variation. The people in the survey included three people with a vision/hearing impairment.
Format: Print.

Author: MAXSON, B.J.
Title: Teaching youth who are deaf-blind: annotated bibliography.
Publisher: Rehabilitation Research & Training Center on Blindness & Low Vision, Mississippi State University
Date: 1990.
Pages: 49
Description: Introductory publication designed to be of assistance to teachers who have little or no previous teaching experience working with individuals who are deafblind. Contents: Characteristics of deaf-blindness; Learning and cognition; Communication styles; Psycho-social issues; Teaching issues.
Format: Print.

Title: BEVERLEY LEWIS [DEAF-BLIND]: THE OUTCOME
Author: Matthews, Malcolm.
Date: 1990
Publication: (THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF VISUAL IMPAIRMENT, Spring 1990, pp.11-13)
Description: Information about a woman with severe impairments living in Britain.

Author: Dronek, Margo ; Lundin, Janet, (Ed.)
Title: Assessing Students' Unique Educational Needs
Place Written: Sacramento, CA
Publisher: California State Department of Education
Date: 1990
Pages: 12
Format: Clipping
Subject: Assessment ; Education
Abstract: The following aspects of assessment are examined: personnel involved; formal and informal assessments; areas to be assessed; motor skills; communication, language, and modalities; function and acuity of hearing; function and acuity of vision; psychological assessment; academic assessment; self-help and daily living skills; orientation and mobility skills; vocational skills; the assessment report; and application of assessment data. ERIC No. ED 329 065

Title: Augmentative and Alternative Communication Systems for Persons with Moderate and Severe Disabilities
Pages: 245
Author: Baumgar, tDiane ; Johnson, Jeanne ; Helmstetter, Edwin
Publisher: Paul H. Brookes Publishing Company, P.O. Box 10624, Baltimore, MS 21285-0624
Date: 1990
Description: Demonstrates strategies for designing communication systems for person who do not have a communication system of any kind, and describes the process for assessing, designing, implementing, and evaluating a communication system for children, youth, and adults with moderate and severe disabilities. Gives suggestions for treating problem behaviors as communication. Provides concise case histories of persons ages 3 and a half to 37 who are considered difficult to assess in the area of communication or for whom a system is typically not recommended provide clear examples of how to use standard information and how to collect additional information in the areas of cognition, motor functioning, sensory abilities, and speech and language.

Author: MICHAEL, M. M.
Title: Making the difference for deaf-blind travelers in mass transit.
Publication: In: Access to mass transit for blind and visually impaired travelers. Edited by Mark M. Uslan. pp.136-51.
Place: New York
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind,
Date: 1990.
Format: Print.

Author: Dronek, Margo ; Lundin, Janet, (Ed.)
Title: Program guidelines for individuals who are deaf-blind
Place Written: Sacramento, CA
Publisher: California State Department of Education
Date: 1990
Pages: 102
Format: Clipping
Subject: Assessment ; Information and Referral ; Adult Services ; Education ; Service Providers ; Programs and Services ; Bibliographies
Abstract: This document contains recommended guidelines for parents, teachers, administrators, governing boards, support personnel, and interested community representatives to use in identifying, assessing, planning, and providing educational services. It also provides assistance in monitoring programs. The guidelines were developed to be consistent with and suggestive of ways to carry out federal and state mandates. ERIC No. ED 329 065

Title: Problems and solutions.
Publication: See Hear! Vol. 1, November 1990. pp.3-4.
Date: 1990
Description: Hints for cooking with a frying pan, making a salad, and how to tell if a liquid is boiling if you are vision and hearing impaired.
Format: Print; Braille.

Title: Deaf-Blindness.
Publication: Rehab Brief, Vol. 13, No. 2, 1990.
Date: 1990
Description: Outlines the variations of combined hearing and vision impairment and their implications, causes, communication considerations, and counsellor concerns.

Author: HART, P.; FEENEY, G.
Title: The use of music at Overbridge.
Publication: British Journal of Visual Impairment, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1991. pp.28-9.
Date: 1991
Description: Discussion of the ways in which music and music-related activities are used to develop skills in deaf-blind young adults. Country: UK.
Format: Print.

Author: GRIGSON, P. & others.
Title: Hand-tapper III: a prototype communication device using finger-spelling.
Publication: British Journal of Visual Impairment, Vol. 9, No. 1, 1991. pp.13-15.
Date: 1991
Format: Print.

Author: TRAVERS, A.
Title: Combined hearing and vision loss: special strategies.
Publication: In: Rehabilitation: restoring purpose, place & pride: conference, 30 April to 30 May 1991.
Place: Melbourne, Australia
Publisher: Vic. Commonwealth Rehabilitation Service
Date: 1991.
Format: Print.

Author: MEZACK, K.
Title: The work experience program at HKNC [Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults].
Publication: Nat-Cent News, Vol. 21, No. 3, 1991. pp.51-6.
Date: 1991
Format: Large print; Braille.

Title: Learning to communicate.
Publication: Talking Sense, Vol. 37, No. 1, 1991. pp.16-17.
Date: 1991
Description: Case studies of three students' progress in language development and communication skills.

Title: MY OWN EXPERIENCE OF COMMUNICATION
Author: Sirotkin, Sergei (deaf- blind)
Date: 1991
Publication:(THE INTERNATIONAL NEWSLETTER FOR THE DEAF-BLIND, Spring 1991, pp.23-27)
Description: Story of the life of a deaf-blind man from the Soviet Union.

Author: ADAMESCU, V.
Title: Becoming a teacher.
Place: Romania
Publication: Deaf-Blind Education, No. 7, 1991. pp.20-1.
Date: 1991
Format: Print.

Title: The Meshcheryacov Experiment: Soviet work on blind-deaf children Learning and Instruction - vol. 1
Author: Bakhurts, D; Padden, C.
Date: 1991
Description: Just found from a reference on a WWW page.

Author: ROMER, L.T.; SCHOENBERG, B.
Title: Communication between staff and deaf-blind people in community residences.
Publication: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Vol. 85, No. 2, 1991. pp.81-5.
Date: 1991
Description: An investigation of communicative control for staff and eight deaf-blind intellectually disabled adults in three residential programs, which found an overbalance of communication in favour of the staff. Country: US.
Format: Print & Audio - 4 track.

Author: DIJK van, Jan; CARLIN, Ruth; HEWITT, Heather.
Title: Persons handicapped by rubella: victors and victims: a follow-up study.
Place: Amsterdam:
Publisher: Swets and Zeitlinger
Date: 1991
Pages: 180
Format: Print.

Title: MY SEARCH FOR MYSELF
Author: Sabonaitis, Gayle (Deaf-Blind)
Date: 1991
Publication: Sparks, Navada: Northern Nevada Braille Transcribers, 1991.
Length: 10

Title: National deaf-blind conference: proceedings. Adelaide
Author: Royal South Australian Deaf Society
Date: 1991
Length: 97 pages.
Description: Includes papers on vocational training, reports on services in NSW, Victoria, South Australia and Queensland, developments in New Zealand, communication, and general issues raised by consumers.
Format: Print.

Title: RIO MESA STUDENT SHATTERS LIMITS OF SILENCE, DARKNESS
Author: Rudder, Greg.
Date: 1991
Publication: (VENTURA COUNTY STAR FREE PRESS, March 1 1991, pp. A-1 A-15)
Description: A story about high school senior Casey Cook who is deaf-blind.

Title: Definitions.
Publication: Nat-Cent News, Vol. 22, No. 1, 1991. pp.11-13.
Date: 1991
Format: Large print; Braille.

Title: BECOMING A TEACHER
Author: Adamescu, Vasile (Deaf-Blind)
Date: 1991
Publication: (DEAF-BLIND EDUCATION, (January-June 1991):20-21)
Desctiption: Vasile Adamescu is deaf and blind. This has not stopped his ambitions, and he is now a teacher in the school for blind children in Clui, Romania.

Author: MCGANN, P.
Title: Needs of the deaf-blind population.
Publication: Nat-Cent News, Vol. 21, No. 3, 1991. pp.42-5.
Date: 1991
Format: Large print; Braille.

Title: The "Madness" of Usher's -- Coping with Vision and Hearing Loss
Author: Steifel, Dorothy H.
Place: Corpus Christie, Tx
Publisher: Business of Living Publications
Date: 1991
ISBN: 1879518066
Description: The book describes the authors own experience of life with Usher Syndrome. It is in the form of an autobiography

Title: Sensory change and aging: the Australian response to age-related hearing and vision losses.
Author: Bagley, Martha
Publication: Conference Proceedings: Durham, NH: World Rehabilitation Fund, 1991.
Date: 1991
Pages: 18
Description: Explored service delivery strategies and program planning and management techniques through interviews and visits to service providers in Victoria.
Format: Print.

Corporate Author: Canadian National Institute for the Blind
Title: Deaf-Blindness
Subtitle: Freedom through Intervention
Publisher: Trillium Corporation
Date: 1991
Pages: 8 min.
Format: Video
Subject: Adults ; Usher Syndrome ; Independent Living ; Daily Living Skills ; Interpreters and Interpreting ; Sign Language
Abstract: This video documents how the varying needs of the people who are deaf-blind are met through the work of intervenors. By meeting these needs deaf-blind individuals can retain their feelings of independence. Video is accompanied discussion suggestions and an illustrated two-hand manual alphabet. May be ordered from CNIB Deaf-Blind Services, 1929 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario M4G 3E8, Canada.

Author: CHAPPELL, R.
Title: Aromatherapy at Overbridge.
Publication: Talking Sense, Vol. 37, No. 3, 1991. pp.20-21.
Date: 1991
Description: Discusses the role of aromatherapy in a residential centre for young
deaf-blind adults. Country: UK.
Format: Print.

Author: GERWAT, M.
Title: I am human.
Publication: New Beacon, Vol. 75, No. 893, 1991. pp.473-5.
Date: 1991
Description: A recent survey in Britain found that at least 35% of vision impaired people experience difficulty in hearing normal speech in a quiet room, even when using a hearing aid. The author makes a plea for understanding based on painful experience. Country: UK.
Format: Print.

Author: MAXSON, B.J.; LAMB, Ann Marie
Title: Teaching students who are deaf-blind: observed practices.
Publisher: Rehabilitation Research & Training Center on Blindness & Low Vision, Mississippi State University
Date: 1991.
Pages: 131
Format: Print.

Title: Patience, patient.
Publication: New Beacon, Vol. 75, No. 889, 1991. pp.279-80.
Date: 1991
Description: Recounts the author's difficulties in attending a hospital for physiotherapy, where no-one understood how to help and communicate with her.
Format: Print.

Author: HAUSMAN, B.
Title: Partners in success.
Publication: Nat-Cent News, Vol. 22, No. 1, 1991. pp.8-11.
Date: 1991
Description: Describes a client's work experience in a public library. Country: US.
Format: Large print; Braille.

Author: PURDY, G.G.
Title: Metamorphosis.
Publication: Nat-Cent News, Vol. 21, No. 3, 1991. pp.34-7.
Date: 1991
Description: Metamorphosis is a support group in Seattle for people with hearing and vision impairments.
Format: Large print; Braille.

Author: APLIN, G.
Title: An ordinary life.
Publication: Talking Sense, Vol. 37, No. 3, 1991. pp.24-5.
Date: 1991
Publisher: Sense
Description: Describes
a residential training program for young deaf-blind adults in Scotland.
Format: Print.

Author: Dijk, Jan Van
Title: Persons Handicapped by Rubella:
Subtitle: Victors and Victims: A Follow-up Study
Place Written: Amsterdam
Publisher: Swets & Zeitlinger B.V.
Date: 1991
Pages: 180p.
Subject: Psychosocial Adjustment ; Social Skills ; Behavior ; Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS) ; Teaching Methods
Abstract: This book is the follow-up report of research in Australia reported 12 years ago, assessing the learning potential of 81 children handicapped by rubella. This follow-up study addresses the question of the extent to which the abilities of hearing impaired rubella children, with or without cataracts, could be developed. A small subsample of the group had successfully overcome many behavioral and learning problems predominant in the first years of their lives. Author provides interpretation of the data on recovery presented in this survey research report. Bibiliography and case studies are included. AE Carlin, Ruth ; Hewitt, Heather
ISBN: 90-265-1128-0

Author: GOETZ, L. & others.
Title: Employment of persons with dual sensory impairments: strategies for inclusion.
Publication: Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, Vol. 16, No. 3, 1991. pp.131-39.
Date: 1991
Description: Strategies use to include people with dual sensory impairments in community employment included heterogeneous group placement, job restructuring, use of natural supports, volunteerism, and social skills training. Country: US.
Format: Print.

Title: A talking glove?
Publication: Nat-Cent News, Vol. 22, No. 1, 1991. pp.16-19.
Date: 1991
Format(s): Large print; Braille.

Title: ON DIFFERENT ROADS : Autobiography by Geraldine Lawhorn
Author: Lawhorn, Geraldine (Deaf-Blind)
Date: 1991
Publisher: Vantage Press, Inc., 516 West 34th Street, New York, NY 10001 USA
Length: 156
ISBN: 0-533-08824-0.
Description: By the time she had completed high school Geraldine Lawhorn was deaf and blind. She went to study drama and music at the American Conservatory of Music in Chicago and the Carnegie Building in New York City. She is a recipient the Anne Sullivan Award for being an outstanding deaf-blind person. She is an instructor and chairperson of the Department of Studies for Deaf-Blind Students at the Hadley School for the Blind.

Title: THEY WHO SEE DARKLY
Author: Balis, Sylvia C.
Date: 1992
Publication: (AMERICAN ANNALS OF THE DEAF, LXVII, March 1922)
Length: 99-111
Description: Outline of many deaf-blind people.

Author: TUCKFIELD, Christopher
Title: The Journey.
Place: Sydney, Australia
Date: 1992
Description: Script of "The Journey", a film
about Billie Sinclair's journey to Tokyo.
Format: Braille.

Title: INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE EDUCATION OF THE DEAF-BLIND CONFERENCE (10th: 1991: rebro). Quality of life: lifelong enrichment. rebro
Place: Sweden: SIH-Lromedel
Date: 1992.
Pages: 150
Description: Contains summaries of papers on quality of life, assessment and communication.
Format: Print.

Author: PETTY, Robert; PETTY, Charlene; PETTY, Don.
Title: Out of the shadows: defeating disabilities.
Place: Midwest City, OK
Publisher: Delano Press
Date: 1992.
Description: An informative book offering advice on caring for people with multiple disabilities. It is based on the author's personal experience assisting their son Don, now 30, who is deaf and blind. The book also contain some of Don's personal insights.
Format: Print; Audio - 4 track.

Author: JOHNSTONE, M.
Title: The making of an advocate.
Publication: Nat-Cent News, Vol. 23, No. 1, 1992. pp.45-61.
Date: 1992
Description: Profile of Edith Christensen, who has gained widespread acclaim as an advocate on behalf of both the deaf and deaf-blind population, and who is deaf-blind herself. Country: US.
Format: Large print; Braille.

Author: Ankatell, Mary, Ed.; Bailey, E.J. ; Houghton, Joan ; O'Dea, Anne ; Utley, Bonnie ; Wickham, Donna
Title: A Series of Training Modules on Educating Children and Youth with Dual Sensory and Multiple Impairments
Subtitle: Parent Training Modules- Volume One.
Place Written: Monmouth, OR
Publisher: Teaching Research Publications
Date: 1992
Subject: Curriculum ; Curriculum - Functional ; Parent Education ; Communication
Abstract: Vol. 1 - A series of training modules in education of children with dual sensory and multiple impairments, including communication criteria for trainers, general information and sources for additional information. Contents include: introduction to the population of persons who are deaf-blind with multiple impairments; functional curriculum development and implementation; communication skills development; mediating challenging behaviors; related services and the transdisciplinary approach. Order from: Teaching Research Publications, 345 N. Monmouth Ave., Monmouth, OR 97361, (503) 838-8792. Price $35.00

Author: HONAN, M.
Title: Animals as healers and friends.
Publication: Nat-Cent News, Vol. 23, No. 1, 1992. pp.41-5.
Date: 1992
Description: The author works with people who are deaf-blind and developmentally disabled, and has introduced them to dogs on a regular basis. He hopes this program will assist socialisation, reduce self injurious behaviours, develop feelings of attachment and companionship, and elicit positive responses to unconditional affection. Country: US.
Format: Large print; Braille.

Title: PARTNERS IN LANGUAGE.
Place: Sands Point, NY
Publisher: Helen Keller National Center
Date: 1992.
Length: 28 minutes.
Description: Subtitled. Accompanied by a resource list. Demonstrates the teaching methods and strategies used at the Helen Keller National Center to increase communication skills among adults with deaf-blindness and limited language skills. Using a case study approach, communication training is seen as it is provided during functional adult activities (ie: work, meal preparation, leisure time). Interactions between staff and students are presented. Techniques to encourage non-symbolic and symbolic communication are demonstrated. Specific communication methods such as the use of tangible or object symbols are explained. Interactions between staff and students demonstrate the techniques used to introduce tactual sign language vocabulary. Emphasis is placed on the importance of environmental cues, turn-taking strategies and role models for language acquisition. A review of all the methods and strategies demonstrated is provided at the end of the tape. Country: US.
Format: VHS video

Author: THORPE, Leanne
Title: Communicating with people who are vision and hearing impaired in a group setting.
Place: Melbourne, Australia
Publisher: Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind
Date: 1992
Pages: 7
Format: Print.

Author: KIRK, T.
Title: Developing expressive communication.
Publication: Talking Sense, Vol. 38, No. 2, 1992. pp.18-21.
Date: 1992
Description: Describes two approaches to assessing expressive and receptive communication, reasons for lack of expressive communication, and developing communication. Country: UK.
Format: Print.

Title: Dear Dr. Bell...Your Friend, Helen Keller
Author: St. George, Judith
Publisher: Scholastic
Date: 1992
Place: New York, Toronto, London, Auclkland, Sydney
ISBN: 0-590-48678-0

Title: DON'T GIVE UP
Date: 1992
Length: 18-19
Publication: (THE LANTERN, 62, Fall 1992)
Description: The graduation speaker at this year's Perkins graduation was Ainindya Bhattacharyya. Anindya, who is deaf-blind and is himself a member of the class came to Perkins eight years ago from India with no knowledge of braille or the English language.

Title: NATIONAL CONFERENCE ON DEAF-BLINDNESS (1992: Reno, NV). Deaf-blind services in the 90s: revitalization and future directions.
Place: Watertown, MA
Publisher: Perkins School for the Blind
Date: 1992
Pages: 72
Description: Contents: Bernadette Kappen/ Population trends and life span issues for individuals with deaf-blindness; Tony Best/ What is quality service? Perspectives on excellence; Michael T. Collins/ Reflections and future directions; Robert R. Davila/ Collaboration: The key to change. Country: US.
Format: Print.

Author: Hesson, Katherine, et al
Corporate Author: Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Ontario Division, Deaf-Blind ;Services
Title: Functional Assessments for Work with Deaf-Blind Persons:
Subtitle: Auditory, Communication, Orientation and Mobility; Vision
Place Written: [Ontario]
Publisher: Canadian National Institute for the Blind, Ontario Division
Date: 1992
Pages: (various pagings - looseleaf format)
Subject: Assessment ; Tests and Testing ; Orientation and Mobility ; Auditory Training ; Vision ; Communication
Abstract: In looseleaf format, this package is intended as a guide to effectively perform functional assessments. It is divided into four sections, auditory, communication, O&M, and vision, which may each be used alone or used in conjunction with the others. The material was developed by staff members with expertise in deaf-blindness, and was written for workers who have previous knowledge and experience with deaf-blind people. Available from: CNIB Deaf-Blind Services, 1929 Bayview Ave., Toronto, Ontario M4G 3E8, (416) 480-7417. Price is $47.00 (U.S. dollars) + $5.00 postage and handling.

Author: MASCIA, J.; CHMELA, V.
Title: What's new at HKNC? The PFP.
Publication: Nat-Cent News, Vol. 23, No. 1, 1992. pp.13-19.
Date: 1992
Description: Personal Futures Planning is a technique that provides the occasion for people to clarify a vision for the future of people who are deaf-blind. Country: US.
Format: Large print; Braille.

Author: MURPHY, A.H.
Title: How I cope with deafness and blindness.
Publication: Nat-Cent News, Vol. 23, No. 1, 1992. pp.34-41.
Date: 1992
Format: Large print; Braille.

Title: Deaf-Blindness
Subtitle: Fact Sheet SER Fact Sheets from California Deaf-Blind Services
Place Written: CA
Publisher: California Deaf-Blind Services
Date: 1992
Subject: Early Intervention ; Demographics ; Information and Referral
Abstract: Defines the spectrum of deaf-blindness, lists some of its causes, and explains the need for early intervention. Available in Spanish.

Title: THE JOURNEY.
Author: Directed by Tuckfield, Christopher
Place: Sydney
Publisher: Australian Broadcasting Corporation [distributor]
Date: 1992
Length: 52 minutes.
Description: Billie Sinclair is seventy four; he never learnt to speak and has been totally deaf and blind for more than sixty years. "The Journey" is a film about his visit to Tokyo.
Format: VHS video ; Braille copy of the script is at call no. 920 SIN.

Title: The Tactual Reception of Speech, Fingerspelling, and Sign Language by the Deaf-Blind
Author: Reed, Charlotte; Delhorne, Lorraine; Durlach, Nathaniel
Publication: SID 92 DIGEST
Date: 1992
Pages: 102-105

Title: OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION.
Place: Burtonsville, MD
Publisher: Sign Media
Date: 1992
Length: 40 minutes
Description: (Deaf-blind communication and community series). Uncaptioned. Large print transcript available. An introduction to the deaf-blind community. Among the topics discussed are a definition and description of the community, individual communicative differences and preferences, becoming involved in the community, and setting limits. Country: US.
Format: VHS video

Author: BARRETT, S.
Title: Comprehensive community-based services for adults who are deaf-blind: issues, trends, and services.
Publication: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Vol. 86, 1992. pp.393-7.
Date: 1992
Formats: Print, Braille & Audio - 4 track.

Title: HOW I COPE WITH DEAFNESS & BLINDNESS
Author: Murphy, Anthony H. (Deaf-Blind) 1992.
Date: 1992
Publication: (NAT-CENT NEWS, September 1992, pp. 34-41)
Description: A story by Anthony H. Murphy, who is deaf-blind about his life as a deaf-blind person.

Author: KOKIS, T. R.
Title: The power of scent.
Publication: Nat-Cent News, Vol. 23, No. 1, 1992. pp.25-29.
Date: 1992
Description: The Cosmetic/ Aromatherapy program at the Helen Keller National Center has shown that scents can be used as an effective therapeutic aid, and can be used as a motivating factor in daily living skills. Country: US.
Format: Large print; Braille.

Author: LANCIONI, G. E. & others.
Title: Two multihandicapped blind persons promoting mobility
and activity in a passive deaf-blind companion.
Publication: Journal of Developmental and Physical Disabilities, Vol. 4, No. 2, 1992. pp.129-39.
Date: 1992
Format: Print.

Title: Technological Resources for Students with Deaf-Blindness and Severe Disabilities
Author: Sall, Nancy (M.S.) ; Mar, Harvey (Ph.D).
Publisher: To order, contact: Center for Adaptive Technology 15 W. 65th St. New York, NY 10023 (212) 873-1409 fax: (212) 875-0733
Date: 1992
Description: This manual contains a detailed review of 20 computer software programs with
vignettes describing how each program was adapted for a particular student;
listings of adaptive devices, references, hardware and software companies; and
annotated bibliography of 40 articles and papers on special technology
Pages: 97
Cost: $6.00 (for duplication and postage).

Title: GETTING INVOLVED: A CONVERSATION.
Place: Burtonsville, MD
Publisher: Sign Media
Date: 1992
Length: 90 minutes.
Description: (Deaf-blind communication and community series). Offers two presentations of a forty-five minute conversation with two deaf-blind women, who discuss topics such as general perceptions and experiences as deaf-blind adults and their communication frustrations and needs. The two interpreters, one deaf and one hearing, share some of their experiences and perceptions. The first presentation is a full-screen edited version of the conversation. The second presentation uses special digital effects to present all five individuals on screen at the same time. Country: US.
Format: VHS video

Author: GERWAT, M.
Title: I am human - 2.
Publication: New Beacon, Vol. 76, No. 902, 1992. pp.378-380.
Date: 1992
Description: The author describes the switchback of progress and obstacles he faced as a deaf-blind person looking for a route into employment. Country: UK.
Format: Print.

Author: Ankatell, Mary, Ed.; Bailey, E.J. ; Houghton, Joan ; O'Dea, Anne ; Utley, Bonnie ; Wickham, Donna
Title: Series of Training Modules on Educating Children and Youth with Dual Sensory and Multiple Impairments
Subtitle: Service Provider Training Module-Volume Two
Place Written: Monmouth, OR
Publisher: Teaching Research Publications
Date: 1992
Subject: Curriculum ; Curriculum - Functional ; Personnel Training ; Communication
Abstract: Volume 2 - Materials in this volume are designed for personnel who train service providers of children and youth who are deaf-blind. Contents include: introduction to the population of persons who are deaf-blind with multiple impairments; functional curriculum development and implementation; communication skills development; mediating challenging behaviors; related services and the transdisciplinary approach. Order from: Teaching Research Publications, 345 N. Monmouth Ave., Monmouth, OR 97361, (503) 838-8792. Price $35.00

Title: OUT OF THE SHADOWS : Defeating disabilities
Author: Petty, Robert; Petty, Charlene; Petty, Don (Deaf-Blind)
Date: 1992
Publication: Midwest City, OK: Delano Press
Length: 149
Description: A biography of Don Petty who is deaf-blind. Describes his and his parents efforts to deal with his deaf-blindness.

Author: THORPE, Leanne
Title: Teaching strategies for working with adults with a vision and hearing impairment.
Place: Melbourne, Australia
Publisher: Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind
Date: 1992
Pages: 16
Format: Print.

Author: Smith, Theresa
Title: Guidelines for working/playing with deaf-blind people
Place Written: Monmouth, Oregon
Publisher: National Information Clearinghouse on Children who are Deaf-Blind
Date: 1992
Pages: 20
Subject: Employment ; Communication ; Interpreters and Interpreting ; Recreation and Leisure

Corporate Author: Arc - King County ; Common Ground
Title: Transition and Individual Futures Planning
Subtitle: For people with deaf-blindness and developmental disabilities and their families
Place Written: Seattle, WA
Publisher: The Arc - King County Department of Housing Development
Date: 1992
Pages: 263 pp
Subject: Accessibility ; Advocacy ; Agency Cooperation ; Bibliographies ; Family Support Services ; Independent Living ; Individualized Education Plan (IEP) ; Personal Futures Planning ; Supported Living ; Transition ; Community Living
Abstract: The information in this manual is designed for setting up transition and individual futures planning for persons who are deaf blind or with developmental disabilities. Includes an extensive overview of transition and individual futures planning, curriculum and the elements of housing development. Purports the idea that it is necessary to build supports around individual needs, rather than to match people to existing services. Includes extensive bibliographies on Community Living, Friendships/Integration, Futures Planning/Circles of Support, High School Curriculum/Transition and Housing. Available from ARC - KING County, (206) 364-6337.

Title: Making sense of the world: a guide for carers working with mentally handicapped adults with visual and hearing impairments.
Author: Bradley, Helen: SNOW, Bob.
Date: 1992
Publication: 2nd edition. London: Sense, 1992.
Pages: 54
Format: Print.

Title: Coming together: Australian deaf-blind conference 1993. North Fitzroy, Vic.
Author: [Australian] Deaf-Blind Association
Date: 1993
Description: Contents include: Malcolm Matthews/ The world of deaf-blindness - an international perspective; Steven Gilbert/ My point of view; Penny Harland/ My fight for education; Debbie Prior/ Accommodation/respite care; Julie Gaffney/ Employment; Sue Hymus/ Community support and recreation; Di Hartman/ Vision and Hearing Support Club; Nadine Bowen/ PAL Club; The Royal Victorian Institute for the Blind Vision and Hearing Loss Response Team; Stephen Ripley/ Tactile signing; Malcolm Matthews/ Quality of life and quality services for congenitally deaf-blind people; Address from the Hon. Michael John, Minister for Community Services, Victorian State Government; Jennifer Gibbons/ Sensory loss and ageing; Ruth Pascoe/ Congenital rubella syndrome; Perspectives - the story of people with VHI; Services in South Australia, Victoria, New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia and Tasmania; Richard Osborn/ Development of new technology.
Format: Print & Disk.

Author: VILHELMSEN, K.
Title: Ideals and realities.
Publication: Deafblind Education, No. 12, 1993. pp.18-23.
Date: 1993
Description: Discusses goals and contents for a service for deaf-blind adults, with ideas for enhancing creativity, identity, and quality of life. Country: Sweden.
Format: Print.

Author: WORLD BLIND UNION.
Title: What is deaf-blindness?
Publication: Nat-Cent News, Vol. 23, No. 2, 1993. pp.44-53.
Date: 1993
Format: Large print; Braille.

Author: MCDONALD, R.
Title: Keynote address [to the first International Deaf-Blind Conference, held in New Zealand, May 1993].
Publiaction: See Hear! Vol. 9, 1993. pp.4-15.
Date: 1993
Description: Outlines the author's experiences as a deaf-blind person of education, recreation, employment, and accommodations made to enable him to take part in community life. Also looks at practical ways of achieving a good quality of life via education, employment, recreation, and practical accommodations, including the use of adaptive technology. Country: US.
Format: Large print; Braille.

Title: DEAF-MUTES AND HEROINES IN THE VICTORIA ERA
Author: Gitter, Elisabeth.
Date: 1993
Publication: (VICTORIAN LITERATURE AND CULTURE, 20, 1993, pp.179- 196)

Title: The deaf-blind community: in touch.
Publication: Nat-Cent News, Vol. 24, No. 1, 1993. pp.20-9.
Date: 1993
Description: Recounts two deaf-blind people's perceptions of their lives and their experiences of working with interpreters, with some suggestions for interpreters. Country: US.
Format: Large print; Braille.

Author: REYES, D.A.
Title: Access to context: a basic need for deafblind people.
Publication: Deafblind Education, No. 12, 1993. pp.5-9.
Date: 1993
Description: Explains some of the most serious difficulties faced by deaf-blind people in an environment which "hears and sees", and analyses some of the resources available now and which will need to be developed so that deaf-blind people can attain an independent and integrated lifestyle. Country: Spain.
Format: Print.

Author: Sauerburger, Dona
Title: Independence Without Sight or Sound
Subtitle: Suggestions for Practitioners Working with Deaf-Blind Adults
Place Written: New York
Publisher: American Foundation for the Blind
Date: 1993
Pages: 194
Subject: Adults ; Independent Living ; Communication - Methods ; Dog Guides ; Orientation and Mobility ; Psychosocial Adjustment ; Deaf-blind Culture
Abstract: This book was written to help service providers in working with persons who are deaf-blind. There are numerous examples from actual experience and discussions of practical applications. Sections on service needs, communication, orientation and mobility, sensory deprivation and a survey of dog guide schools. Available from AFB Press, (212) 620-2000 (voice) or (212) 620-2158 (TTY) for $35.00. Specify print or braille.
ISBN: 0-89128-246-7

Author: TEDDER, N.E. & others.
Title: Prelanguage communication of students who are deaf-blind and have other severe impairments.
Publication: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Vol. 87, No. 8, 1993. pp.302-7.
Date: 1993
Description: Describes an instrument for assessing deaf-blind and other severely impaired students at a prelanguage level of communication. This instrument provides many opportunities for recording interactions, and allows for the structured observation of pragmatic aspects of communication. Country: US.
Formats: Print & Audio - 4 track.

Title: Services in Australia for people who are both deaf and blind.
Place: Canberra:
Publisher: ACROD
Date: 1993.
Pages: 17
Description: Also printed in ACROD Newsletter, April/May 1993, and Beacon, No. 3, August 1993. Outlines the major causes of deaf-blindness and their implications; the effects of deaf-blindness; service provision around Australia; what staff training is available; gaps in services, and future directions.
Format: Print.

Title: DEAF-BLINDNESS: A UNIQUE DISABILITY; INDEPENDENCE WITH INTERVENTION; LIVING IN THE COMMUNITY.
Place: Owen Sound, Ontario
Publisher: Canadian Deafblind and Rubella Association
Date: 1993.
Length: 27 minutes in total; 3 programs of 9 minutes each.
Description: Contains three programs produced as part of a deafblindness awareness campaign. Outlines the different types of deaf-blindness, and explains the role of intervenors. Country: Canada.
Format: VHS video.

Author: GRANTHAM, K.
Title: Happiness is a special needs program.
Publication: Nat-Cent News, Vol. 23, No. 2, 1993. pp.53-61.
Date: 1993
Description: Describes a program providing guide dogs for deaf-blind people. Country: US.
Format: Large print; Braille.

Author: VOCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR DEAF-BLIND PEOPLE WORKING PARTY.
Title: What we think people with a sight and hearing impairment do for a living...
Place: London
Publisher: Royal National Institute for the Blind
Date: 1993
Pages: 12 print pages.
Description: In the UK only 5 per cent of the estimated 3,500 people of working age who have a combined sight and hearing impairment are in work. Yet those in work are excelling at a wide range of jobs, as the case histories in this leaflet show - they include people doing clerical work, assembling components, aromatherapy, accounts, and desktop publishing. Country: UK.
Format: Print; Braille.

Title: Fifth Helen Keller world conference: The quality of life of deafblind people: realities and opportunities.
Place: Osimo: Lega del Filo d'Oro
Date: 1993
Description: Contents include: Sabina Santilli / The quality of life of deafblind people; Stig Ohlson/ Organizations for deafblind people; Nicole Levy/ The French deafblind people and their association; Roderick J. Macdonald/ Organizations of deafblind people: the American model; Ove Bejsnap/ The Danish model; Elin Ostli/ The European Coordinating Unit for Staff Development in Deafblind Services; Jagdish Patel/ The situation of deaf-blind in developing countries; Rajinder Singh Sethi/ Status of adult deafblind in India; Beroz N. Vacha/ The situation in India; Boniface L. Lentoimaga / The quality of life of deafblind people: the situation in Africa; Graciela Ferioli & Marisa Moyano/ Quality of life, realities in Latin America; Pirkko Virtanen/ Integration into society; Patrick Murphy/Towards integration into society; Kerry Wadman/ Report from Canada; Janette Scahill/ Service development for deafblind in Oceania; Bill Winkley/ Services in the developing nations of Micronesia, Melanesia and Polynesia; Satoshi Fukushima/ Education for deafblind individuals and their quality of life; Marjaana Suosalmi Education of professionals working within services for deafblind people; Daniel Alvarez Reyes/ An overview on technical aids for deafblind people; Graham Hicks/ Technical aids in the work setting; Anne Marie Tangen/ Technical aids at home; Angela Pimpinella/ Technical aids in the recreational setting; Ivan Sincic & Mario Dolic/ Deaf and blind person: verbotonal rehabilitation; Jan Jakes/ The development of care for deafblind people in Czech Republic; Sergei Sirotkin/ The life and possibilities of Russian deafblind today and tomorrow; Elvira Shakenova/ Courage and generosity. Also contains principles for a quality life for deafblind people, which were adopted at the conference, on the following topics: Early intervention and family services; Education; Safety and Health; Rehabilitation and employment; Social and recreational opportunities; Access to information; Involvement of deafblind people in service planning; Staff training; Community awareness; Interpreting and other community access services.
Format: Disk & Large Print.

Author: Watson, Douglas (Ed.) ; Taff-Watson, Myra (Ed.)
Title: A Model Service Delivery System for Persons who are Deaf-Blind ED Second
Place Written: AR
Publisher: University of Arkansas Rehabilitation Research and Training Center for Persons who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
Date: 1993
Pages: 118 p.
Subject: Service Providers ; Agency Cooperation ; Family Support Services ; Programs and Services ; Demographics ; Communication - Methods ; Technology ; Personnel Training ; Transition ; Vocational Rehabilitation ; Independent Living ; Rehabilitation ; Recreation and Leisure ; Deaf-blind Culture
Abstract: A comprehensive presentation on guidelines for the planning and implementation of a community based approach for service delivery to persons who are deaf-blind. Good overview and description of population characteristics and demographics, communication methods, interagency planning considerations and transition. Order information: Rehabilitation Research and Training Center, (501) 686-9691, faxed orders (501) 624-3515. Price: $15.00

Author: Enos, JoAnn (Ed.)
Title: Usher Syndrome and Transitions for the Future
Place Written: Seattle
Publisher: Helen Keller National Center - Technical Assistance Center
Date: 1993
Pages: viii, 70
Subject: Usher Syndrome ; Conferences, Seminars, etc. ; Technology ; Assessment ; Vocational Rehabilitation ; Transition ; Education ; Agency Cooperation ; Adolescents ; Programs and Services ; Employment ; Social Attitudes
Abstract: These materials were developed and compiled as a follow-up resource to the workshop sponsored by HKNC-TAC which identified five keys to successful vocational transition outcomes for young adults with Usher syndrome. Included is a list of participants, a list of presenters, the agenda, a discussion of individual vocational program outcomes, and appendices including results of the workshop, participant ratings of a vocational assessment instruments, and additional resources.

Title: DEAF HISTORY UNVEILED: : Interpretations from the new scholarship
Author: Van Cleve, John Vickrey.
Place: Washington, D.C:
Publication: Gallaudet University Press
Date: 1993
Length: xii,301
Description: Tells about Jess Liston, a deaf-blind man.

Author: Reiman, John, (Ed.) ; Johnson, Pattie A. (Ed.)
Title: Proceedings of the National Symposium on Children and Youth who are Deaf-Blind.
Place Written: OR
Publisher: Teaching Research Publications.
Date: 1993
Pages: 241
Format: Looseleaf
Subject: Conferences, Seminars, etc. ; Multiply Handicapped
Abstract: Papers of the National Symposium on Children and Youth who are Deaf-Blind, an endeavor at Transdisciplinary Partnership. This symposium was held to identify critical issues and "best practices" in providing services for individuals with deaf-blindness and to develop stratregies for future actions. The symposium focused on several specific topical areas in an effort to find ways in which resources might be marshalled at the federal, state, local, family, and personal levels to address the issues collectively. References accompany most of the presentation. The microfiche version is taped in the back of the hardcopy.

Author: GILBERT, S.
Title: Steven Gilbert's point of view.
Publication: Beacon, No. 3, 1993. pp.12-13.
Date: 1993
Description: Summary of an address to the National Conference on Deaf-Blindness, Melbourne, May 1993. Steven finds it a major problem trying to make people understand what it is like to have two disabilities, and trying to get them to understand that deaf-blind people can still achieve their individual goals and aspirations. Country: Australia.
Format: Print.

Author: GOLDSTEIN, D.
Title: Technology for deaf-blind people.
Publication: Technology Update, August 1993. pp.1-10.
Date: 1993
Description: Covers three areas of technology: signallers, assistive listening devices and communication aids. The author would like the following points to be considered in future designs: 1) More flexibility; 2) Smaller and more rugged; 3) Ease of use; 4) More cues for deaf-blind people; 5) More evaluation and testing before release; 6) Braille; 7) Respect for low-tech; 8) Costs and technology legislation; 9) Opportunities to try things out; 10) More consumer input. Country: US.
Format: Print & Audio.

Author: Smith, Theresa
Title: Deaf-Blind Communication and Community: Overview and Introduction
Place Written: Seattle, WA
Date: 1993
Format: Video
Subject: Deaf-blind Culture ; Sign Language ; Interpreters and Interpreting ; Public Awareness
Abstract: This is a forty minute open-captioned tape that features Theresa Smith discussing a number of topics that provide a glimpse into the multi-faceted Deaf-Blind community. Among topics discussed are a definition and description of the community, individual communicative differences and preferences, becoming involved in the community, and setting limits. This tape also makes use of video footage to illustrate guiding and communication preferences. Includes written transcript to accompany video. It is available for purchase from Sign Media Inc., (800) 475-4756, for $59.95. Purchased as part of set, price for set is $109.95.

Author: MAXSON, B.J. & others.
Title: The education of youths who are deaf-blind: learning tasks and teaching methods.
Publication: Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, Vol. 87, No. 7, 1993. pp.259-62.
Date: 1993
Format: Print & Audio - 4 track.

Author: DAMPER, R.I.
Title: New alert system for deafblind people.
Publication: Talking Sense, Vol. 39, No. 3, 1993. p.30.
Date: 1993
Description: A wireless alert system based on sound recognition technology recognises various pre-programmed sounds, and transmits a radio message to a vibrating receiver unit carried in the user's pocket. The source of the sound is identified by the coded pattern of vibrations. Country: UK.
Format: Print.

Author: KLEIN, R. H.; GIBLIN, R.
Title: A pattern decoding glove for deaf-blind finger-spellers.
Publication: British Journal of Visual Impairment, Vol. 11, No. 3, 1993. pp.109-11.
Date: 1993
Description: Describes a prototype communication system for users of the UK deafblind manual alphabet. Country: UK.
Format: Print.

Title: Back from the wellhouse : Discussion papers on sensory impairment and training in community care services
Author: Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work
Place: London
Publisher: Central Council for Education and Training in Social Work
Date: 1993
ISBN: 1857190548
Description: intended for students of social work and other caring professions, this covers the communication methods and care management they may use with deaf, blind and other sensory impaired people. [If I hear there is nothing on Deafblindness in here I will remove this one. (hgs)]

Author: SABONITIS, G.A.
Title: My communication modes: no tech, low tech, and high tech.
Publication: Nat-Cent News, Vol. 23, No. 2, 1993. pp.30-5.
Date: 1993
Format: Large print; Braille.

Author: PEACO, Freddie.
Title: Deaf-Blindness: national organizations and resources. Publication: National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Reference Circular, No. 93-1, 1993.
Date: 1993
Description: Includes information on all areas of service: rehabilitation, education, information and referral, recreation, and sources for adaptive devices and products. It also contains a bibliography of selected readings and audiovisual materials.
Format: Print.

Title: A Resource Manual for Understanding and Interacting with Infants, Toddlers, and Preschool Age Children with Deaf-Blindness
Author: Alsop, Linda (M. Ed.), Editor
Publisher: To order, contact: Home Oriented Program Essentials dba Hope Inc. 809 North 800 East Logan, UT 84321 (801) 752-9533
Date: 1993
Description: This manual provides insights, information, and intervention strategies to those who work with infants, toddlers, and preschool age children who are deaf-blind. The manual is divided into thirteen sections dealing with intervention, communication, auditory development, tactile stimulation, self-help skills, massage techniques, fine and gross motor skills, orientation and m