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Born deaf and blind; admitted to the Manchester Institution for the Deaf and Blind in 1884, leaving in 1891.

Deaf-blind (blind and hard of hearing). Earned a Ph.D.; resident of Tuscaloosa, AL. Active supporter of Tuscaloosa subregional library for the blind and physically handicapped, and of other persons with disabilities.

Born deaf at Osoyoos, BC from maternal rubella. Jerich Hill School for the Deaf, age 5 1/2 until graduation 1961; also took courses at Vancouver Vocaional Institute. Married Hugh Neumann, also deaf, in 1967. Worked briefly, then dropped out to raise a family; in the early 1980s she returned to the workforce, first taking some course for retraining. Worked in the printing industry for 4 years before finding a position as a deaf-blind intervenor in a group-home setting.

Born in London; lost her hearing and sight around age 8 from a virus. After a short time in a "home for the deaf and dumb", she returned to her step-family and took on some household chores. Well into adulthood, she learned to thread a needle and began showing aptitude for needlecrafts. After her mother died, Fanny, now aged 55, moved to a new home for the blind and continued to turn out sewn crafts until her death.

Deaf-blind. After leaving the Perkins School for the Blind, was employed by Woolson House, a sheltered workshop, as a chair caner.

Attended the Colorado School for the Deaf; won gold medals for her demonstration of school work at the 1904 St. Louis World's Fair.

Born deaf-blind in a village near Nantes, France. Taken to the school for the deaf at Larnay, France, where she lived for probably the rest of her life.

Born at New Waterford, NS and deafened at 2 1/2 from spinal meningitis. Halifax School for the Deaf 11 years, then Centennial College. Worked briefly as a seamstress, then was a houseparent at a school for the deaf for 3 years. Moving to Toronto, she worked 6 years for a clipping service, then left to operate a group home in Georgetown, ON for 11 years with her husband, Donald John MacKillop (also deaf). After his death, she returned to Toronto, becoming head of housekeeping at the Bob Rumball Centre of the Deaf 3 years, then worked with deaf-blind persons at the Canadian National Institute for the Blind 9 years until retirement in 1991. Claimed to be the first deaf person (with Jim Kvarnberg) to have a conversation via a TTY.

Born to German immigrant parents at Louisville, KY; her parents returned to Wurzberg, Germany, taking her along, when she was four years old. At age 5 she started having vision problems, joined beginning age 6 with increasing hearing problems. Completely deaf-blind by age 8. Then orphaned and put into a Catholic asylum that didn't know what to do with her. Brought to the attention of Dr. Otto Wolf, director of the Bavarian State Institution for the Deaf at Wurzberg, she was admitted into that institution at age 14, still uneducated. After years of a slow start, she became a successful student.

Attended the North Dakota School for the Deaf, where he was a very fast runner on the track team despite his blindness. A rope was strung along the track and he followed it with one hand all the way.