Printed material

Here you will find a list of the printed material available in English from the Information Center for Acquired Deafblindness.

The material can be ordered and/or downloaded as pdf.

Deafblind people and self-identity

This paper is the result of a comparative interview survey in Denmark and USA looking at issues like deafblind people's own perception of identity and the role that the surrounding system plays in this perception. The project was undertaken in a collaboration between Ilene Miner, former director of Mental Health Services at the League for the Hard of Hearing in New York City, and the Information Center.

Click here to download as pdf (22 pages).

Nordic Project on the Experiences of Deafblind People

For this truly unique project 20 deafblind persons in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Iceland have been interviewed once a year for a five year period. During the five years the participants have shared their experiences as people who are deafblind and who have a progressive visual and hearing impairment. The structured interviews have focused on the person in different life situations, in the family, at work, in their free time etc. and have resulted in six booklets on different themes. 265 pages in total. Published 2005.

Read Ilene Miner's review of the booklets.

You can read more about each booklet by selecting from the menu on the left. From these pages the booklets can also be downloaded as pdfs.

Not Quite Like the Rest

(Booklet to accompany dvd of the same title. Dvd out of stock.)

The dvd and booklet focus on young deaf people who also have a visual impairment. Young deafblind people talk about their lives, joys and sorrows, as well as their relationship with family and friends and dreams for the future. Their personal narratives are supplemented with information about causes and effects of the different types of visual problems. Produced in 2004.

Order "Not quite like the rest" (booklet)