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From: L Snider
Date: Oct 29, 2024 4:36AM

Hi Kevin,

Thanks for adding this, it was an important addition. I work with a couple
of people who are Deaf-Blind, and they have different levels of sight and
hearing. I used that phrase only in this context to note that text
transcripts need to include AD (as well as in voice). So I am glad you
added more to it.

It is interesting about terminology! We use the term Deaf-Blind in Canada,
and disability is used instead of the term impairment (unless a person says
it for themselves).

Cheers

Lisa

On Tue, Oct 29, 2024 at 12:37 AM Kevin Prince <
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> Just a note on terminology - fully deafblind implies that there is only
> one way to be deafblind. Please remember it is a spectrum from Profoundly
> Deaf to some hearing loss combined with total lack of sight to low vision.
> The combined impairment, wherever on those two lines is deafblind. Some
> deafblind users will benefit from captions, others require the transcript
> which they access through a braille display.
>
> It's, as ever, all about options.
>
> Kevin Prince, President Deafblind Association New Zealand.
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