Ageing with deafblindness

Simcock, Peter and Manthorpe, Jill (2021) Ageing with deafblindness. In: Handbook on Ageing with Disability. Routledge, London, pp. 97-107. ISBN 9781138611498

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Abstract

As a complex impairment with many different causes (Bodsworth, Clare, Simblett, & Deafblind, 2011), the term deafblindness has legal, clinical, and functional definitions. Many terms are used to describe the phenomenon, including dual sensory impairment, deafblindness, and combined hearing and vision loss (Wittich, Southall, Sikora, Watanabe, & Gagne, 2013). It affects people in different ways. Owing to its complexity, it is not surprising that deafblindness is described as an ‘unrecognised disability’ (Alley & Keeler, 2009, p. 3).

Item Type:	Book Section
Dates:	Date Event 11 March 2021 Published
Subjects:	CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-04 - health and social care > CAH15-04-01 - social work CAH15 - social sciences > CAH15-01 - sociology, social policy and anthropology > CAH15-01-01 - social sciences (non-specific)
Divisions:	Law and Social Sciences > Education Law and Social Sciences > Criminology and Sociology > Criminology Law and Social Sciences > Criminology and Sociology > Sociology
Depositing User:	Peter Simcock
Date Deposited:	06 May 2021 13:47
Last Modified:	04 Aug 2025 12:59
URI:	https://www.open-access.bcu.ac.uk/id/eprint/11597

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