{"id":1974,"date":"2021-11-17T20:51:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T20:51:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/?page_id=1974"},"modified":"2026-02-24T15:13:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T15:13:46","slug":"deafblindness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/deafblindness\/","title":{"rendered":"Deafblindness"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1974\" class=\"elementor elementor-1974\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e13a95 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e13a95\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0b871d3\" data-id=\"0b871d3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fbfc77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0fbfc77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>What is Deafblindness?<\/h2><p><a href=\"\/wdbtap\/whatisdeafblindness\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2343\" src=\"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/What-Is-Deafblindness-Blurb-1024x642.jpg\" alt=\"Large group of people walking past the camera. One person is using a white cane and is holding the shoulder of another person. There is a school bus in the background.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/What-Is-Deafblindness-Blurb-1024x642.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/What-Is-Deafblindness-Blurb-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/What-Is-Deafblindness-Blurb-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/What-Is-Deafblindness-Blurb-800x502.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/What-Is-Deafblindness-Blurb-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/What-Is-Deafblindness-Blurb.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wdbtap\/whatisdeafblindness\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Wisconsin&#8217;s definition of deafblindness.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19b06e1\" data-id=\"19b06e1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b41f69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b41f69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Eligibility for Services<\/h2><p><a href=\"\/wdbtap\/deafblindness\/eligibilitychart\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2112\" src=\"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/WDBTAP-Eligibility-blurb-1024x642.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/WDBTAP-Eligibility-blurb-1024x642.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/WDBTAP-Eligibility-blurb-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/WDBTAP-Eligibility-blurb-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/WDBTAP-Eligibility-blurb-800x502.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/WDBTAP-Eligibility-blurb-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/WDBTAP-Eligibility-blurb.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wdbtap\/deafblindness\/eligibilitychart\/\">Eligibility Chart for WDBTAP Services (English &amp; Spanish)<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-fc9bdfd\" data-id=\"fc9bdfd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7253544 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7253544\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Considering WDBTAP Services<\/h2><p><a href=\"\/wdbtap\/deafblindness\/wdbtapchecklist\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2115\" src=\"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Checklist-blurb-1024x642.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Checklist-blurb-1024x642.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Checklist-blurb-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Checklist-blurb-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Checklist-blurb-800x502.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Checklist-blurb-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Checklist-blurb.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wdbtap\/deafblindness\/wdbtapchecklist\/\">Checklist to Consider WDBTAP Supports and Services (English &amp; Spanish)<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fba1163 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fba1163\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-628b08c\" data-id=\"628b08c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-783dfee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"783dfee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Deafblind Child Count<\/h2><p><a href=\"\/wdbtap\/childcount\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2114\" src=\"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Child-Count-blurb-1024x642.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Child-Count-blurb-1024x642.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Child-Count-blurb-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Child-Count-blurb-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Child-Count-blurb-800x502.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Child-Count-blurb-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/Child-Count-blurb.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wdbtap\/childcount\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Wisconsin Deafblind Child Count<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bae8ba4\" data-id=\"bae8ba4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b4bc0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b4bc0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Deafblindness Overview<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationaldb.org\/info-center\/deaf-blindness-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2113\" src=\"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/NCDB-blurb-1024x642.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/NCDB-blurb-1024x642.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/NCDB-blurb-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/NCDB-blurb-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/NCDB-blurb-800x502.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/NCDB-blurb-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/11\/NCDB-blurb.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationaldb.org\/info-center\/deaf-blindness-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Learn about deafblindness from the National Center on Deafblindness.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-19c9478\" data-id=\"19c9478\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1307580 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1307580\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Causes of Deafblindness<\/h2><p><a href=\"\/wdbtap\/deafblindness\/causes\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2354\" src=\"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Causes-Blurb-1024x642.jpg\" alt=\"Illustration of DNA Double Helix structure.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Causes-Blurb-1024x642.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Causes-Blurb-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Causes-Blurb-768x482.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Causes-Blurb-800x502.jpg 800w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Causes-Blurb-320x202.jpg 320w, https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/01\/Causes-Blurb.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"\/wdbtap\/deafblindness\/causes\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Common, but rare syndromes and prenatal\/congenital causes.<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Deafblindness? 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Causes of Deafblindness Common, but rare syndromes and prenatal\/congenital causes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_mc_calendar":[],"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1974","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1974"}],"version-history":[{"count":148,"href":"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1974\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3260,"href":"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1974\/revisions\/3260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wesp-dhh.wi.gov\/wdbtap\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}