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3 days ago

Meet the woman hoping to become first deafblind person to summit Everest and the U of T researcher helping her | CBC News

A haptic vest will use vibration codes to guide a deafblind climber toward coordinating movements on Mount Everest.
fromTruthout
7 months ago

Ed Dept Restores Funding for Students With Hearing and Vision Loss After Outcry

Following public outcry, the U.S. Department of Education has restored funding for students who have both hearing and vision loss, about a month after cutting it. But rather than sending the money directly to the four programs that are part of a national network helping students who are deaf and blind, a condition known as deafblindness, the department has instead rerouted the grants to a different organization that will provide funding for those vulnerable students.
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