Disability is not Inability

::Congenitally Deaf or Hard of Hearing and adventiously Blind or Visually Impaired.

These persons are born deaf or hard of hearing and later in life they acquire vision loss.

The main causes of visual impairments are:

* Retinitis Pigmentosa.
* Macular degeneration.
* Diabetes.
* Cataract.
* Glacoma
* Accidents.

The majority of persons in this category are those who suffer from Usher's Syndrome which is a congenital deafness combined with Retinitis pigmentosa. Statistics from the west indicate that up to 6% of congenitally deaf children will gradually loose their vision during their teenage years due to retnitinis pigmentosa and therefore need information, guidance and rehabilitation.


:: Retinitis Pigmentosa (RP)

:: Types of Deafblindness

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