deafblind

A condition in which a person is both blind or has low vision and is deaf or hard of hearing. Deafblind is written as one word, no hyphen, to show the condition is distinct.

It is important to note that many people who are deafblind do not consider them disabled and consider deafblindness to be a chronic condition. For that reason, write people who are deafblind rather than deafblind people.

Deafblindness can occur for a variety of reasons, including congenital conditions and prenatal conditions. More than 70 known causes have been identified according to the National Center on Deafblindness.

An estimated 40,000 people in the United States live with deafblindness — about 10,000 of them children.

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