“Blindness separates people from things, deafness separates people from people.” - Helen Keller The last week of June is marked as the “Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week.” This week is observed in remembrance of Helen Keller, an author, educator, and activist, who was deaf and blind by birth. She is a true inspiration for deaf-blind people who face a lot of challenges in day-to-day life. Deafblindness is a dual sensory loss that affects developmental milestones such as cognitive behavior, social behavior, communication and language skills, orientation, and mobility in a child .
Around 466 million people suffer from disabling hearing loss, and 34 million of these are children, whereas, 1.4 million children suffer from blindness, worldwide. People with deafness and blindness have to face significant challenges in their daily lives. Helen Keller's triumph over her deafblindness has…
