In their daily life deafblind people suffer from the serious consequences of their dual sensory impairment and have to cope with them. Typical problems of deafblind people are:

• Finding their way around is very hard.
• Interpersonal communication is severely limited.
• Access to information (knowing what is going on in the immediate and wider surroundings) is very difficult.

These three difficulties are characteristic of deafblindness. Therefore, the SNAB supports the view that this handicap must not be considered the sum of blindness and deafness, but should be treated as a unique handicap with specific characteristics.  

Emergencies involving deafblind people

In case of emergencies involving deafblind people support may be obtained from the SNAB during office hours :
SNAB Advice Centres for visually and hearing impaired and deafblind people  

Our regional advice centres are not always open. If required, please contact an advice centre in another region.

Contact

Swiss National Association of and for the Blind SNAB
Advice Centre for visually and hearing impaired and deafblind people
Niederlenzer Kirchweg 1
CH-5600 Lenzburg
Telephone 062 888 28 68
Telefax 062 888 28 60
E-Mail taubblind@szb.ch

tactile, self-help group for hearing and visually impaired people

For further information see www.tactile-selbsthilfe.ch.