Coco had a seminar on deaf-blindness last week. Like mentioned earlier, there are nearly no programs for the deaf-blind in Malaysia. Someone suggested via this blog site for us to check with the Perkins International to find out how this organization serve the deaf-blind population in Malaysia – it turns out that the Perkins International works with a school of the blind (St. Nicholas) in the Penang state by training deaf-blind people to gain independent living skills. In this case, the Perkins Intl serves approximately 6,500 deaf-blind people in some countries of the SE Asia and Asia region annually [please double-check for the accuracy of this information if needed]. However, the MFD is unaware of any education program of/for the deaf-blind and there are no programs serving the deaf-blind run by deaf people. With that being said, approximately 40 people, including some government representatives attended Coco’s seminar on deaf-blindness. At her seminar, she gave a monologue on her experiences as a deaf-blind individual and shared few communication techniques, and showed the audience some devices for the deaf-blind people. I attended her seminar as an interpreter, and I am more than certain that it was an eye-opening experience for some individuals at the seminar to watch us communicate via tactile.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Coco’s Seminar on Deaf-Blindness
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Rue thank you for sharing this information. I remember how my family was not aware that there is such a thing as deaf schools in Malaysia for my brother. Information doesnt get to the villagers (maybe it is different now with TV and internet). Better distribution of information on resources for deaf and deaf blind will help many lives. Perhaps that is another internship project for a Gallaudet student to partner with MFD?
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