The DeafBlind Unit of the Michigan Commission for the Blind provides statewide Vocational Rehabilitation services and/or Independent Living consultations to adults and high school students who are legally blind and have moderate to profound hearing loss.
Some of the more common causes for the dual sensory impairment of DeafBlindness are:
- Usher Syndrome types I, II, III
- Congenital Rubella Syndrome
- Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
- C.H.A.R.G.E.
- Traumatic Brain Injury
- Brain tumor or other serious illness
- Congenital deafness with later vision loss
- Congenital blindness with later hearing loss
- Aging process
Referrals for services for DeafBlind individuals may come from a variety of sources, including family members, friends, physicians, the Social Security Administration, employers, other professionals or the individual him/herself.
Services which may be provided include:
- Training
- Sign language
- Activities of daily living
- Orientation and mobility
- Vocational
- Consultation
- Job placement services
- Transition services
- In-service presentations to:
- Community service organizations
- Schools
- Group homes
- Day programs
- Sheltered workshops
- Agencies
- Families of DeafBlind individuals
Persons who are DeafBlind are successfully employed in a variety of occupations, including, but not limited to the following:
- Teacher
- Retail worker
- Rehabilitation counselor
- Factory worker
- Computer operator
- Laundry worker
- Janitor
- Author or poet
- Paper shredder
- Florist
- Hotel Housekeeper
For more information, contact DeafBlind Services at 517-373-9424.
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