Multiple sensory disorders

Multiple sensory disorders, or dual sensory impairments, refer to persons who have both vision and hearing impairments. Deafblindness consists of a loss in the areas of both vision and hearing. Losses may range from mild limitations to total blindness and profound deafness.

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Services and Programs

• Research Family Partners
  Research Family Partners is a program that helps families connect with Vanderbilt Kennedy Center research studies in which they may be interested in taking part.
• Tennessee Disability Pathfinder - An internet community and statewide helpline
  Phone, web, and print resources in English and Spanish to connect the Tennessee disability community with service providers. Referral services, free of cost, are provided to persons with disabilities, family members, service providers, and advocates.
• Tennessee Kindred Stories of Disability
  Families, friends and service providers share their stories about people living with disability in Tennessee.

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Printable Resources and Materials

• (TREDS) Tennessee Project for Individuals With Combined Hearing and Vision Loss Fact Sheet
  Information and statistics for parents of children with multiple sensory disorders, namely combined hearing and vision loss.

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Links and Resources

• Deaf-blind, Family Village Library
  Links and Information from Family Village concerning deafness and blindness.
• NCDB : The Teaching Research Institute
  The National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness
• The National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness
  The National Consortium on Deaf-Blindness (NCDB) is a national technical assistance and dissemination center for children and youth who are deaf-blind.
• TREDS-Tennessee Project for Individuals with Combined Hearing and Vision Loss
  TREDS provides families, educators, and other professionals with knowledge and skills to improve outcomes for people, ages birth through 21, who have hearing and vision loss. Technical assistance and support is provided FREE to anyone who has both a vision and hearing loss or has a diagnosis that leads to a vision and hearing loss.

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Video, Podcast and Images

• Multisensory Processing and Its Possible Role in Developmental Disabilities
  Multisensory Processing and Its Possible Role in Developmental Disabilities for clinicians, researchers, trainees, and students presented by Mark Wallace, Ph.D.

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