Category: Deaf with other disabilities/disability
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Deafblind Awareness Day – Helen Keller’s Day
The theme for DeafBlind Awareness Week and Helen Keller awareness events in 2026 is “Connected by Touch: Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges.” The Helen Keller National Centre and its national partners are leading this campaign to demonstrate the importance of touch for communication, access, and daily life in the DeafBlind community. [1, 2] Before Helen Keller,…
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Celebrate with many Deafblind people worldwide today!
Today, June 27, is a day of global celebration for many Deafblind individuals. This date holds significant importance, but what makes it so important? June 27, the birthday of Helen Keller, is a day of immense global significance for the Deafblind community. It stands as a beacon of recognition for her contributions, advocacy, and the…
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Sign language for All Deaf Learners – Wednesday 22nd September
“Acquisition of sign language from birth from fluent sign language models is critical to the cognitive and social development of deaf children. A strong foundational language is necessary to learn other languages. As many deaf children are born into families who are not yet sign language users, services must be in place to provide sign…
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“Highlight my strengths. Ignore my weaknesses – Māori proverb.”
There is acutely raising awareness of disabled people, and D/deaf people who have a mental illness/health shed important part of the society today. For example, a young gymnastic youth struggling to cope when completing the Tokyo Olympics 2020 in Tokyo, Japan. Her name is Simone Biles, and she is under 25 years old.“It’s just me…
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If I am to Dream…
This photo was taken several years ago (2019), where I was in the Waikato District Council Disability advisory group meeting and the DHB (District Health Board) staff at the old Farmers Building – now Waikato District Health Building in Hamilton. I was in the reception room, and I saw the quote displayed on the wall…
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Tips on improving accessible for ALL Deaf-blind people/children
Images descriptions: A black and white photo on the left. Two men holding hands together, left side one man – elderly, bald patch on his head, blacktop, face downward looking at his hands while his arms bend. On the right side – a young man facing the elderly man while holding, a grey polo shirt,…
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Deaf-blind Awareness Week
People do not notice many Deaf-blind people, even Blind people and Deaf people in the society. There is nothing to be afraid of Blind, Deaf, and Deaf-blind people when you meet and try to blend these people into your space, room, and in the society. Did you know about the sensories in your bodies? Touch,…
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Deaf-blind Awareness Week
Here comes the week from 21st June to 27th June. It is a Deaf-blind Awareness Week to mark the commemorated every year on her birthday, 27th June. It is a day to remember her achievements in life and her resilience when overcoming challenges. Image description: Helen Keller with her eyes close as her face looked…
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Juneteenth
Juneteenth – Freedom Day, Jubilee Day and Liberation Day. The free day of Juneteenth marked on June 19th 1980, and every year, many people celebrate a Freedom Day – June 19th. Unfortunately not to everyone who knows or never learnt about slavery, black people, even black people with disabilities. The very first time that caused…
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We are one whole human in the world!
How can the deaf blogger put down something to say and to share with the audience? The anger, furious, disappointed, even shocked, upsetting, flared by widespread people around the world to hear and to see the tragedy of George Floyd. He unexpectedly died in hand by the rookies in the USA several weeks ago and…