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LA SURDICECITE
Multiple disabilities
Sudicness
Multidisability is the association of motor and/or sensory impairments of the same degree, which does not make it possible to detect one rather than the other as the main deficiency.
Deafblindness (deafblind) holds a special place in this type of disability.
In 2010, the approximate number of people affected by deafblindness in France was estimated at around 4,500 to 6,500 people.
15% primary deafblindness
35% secondary deafblindness
50% tertiary deafblindness in elderly people suffering simultaneously from AMD and presbycusis.
There has been no real census since but these figures are bound to increase due to the aging of the population.
The term “deafblindness” describes a condition combining both visual and hearing impairment that can be more or less severe. This combination of the two sensory deficiencies multiplies and intensifies the impact of both. There is no possibility of effective compensation for sensory losses by possible auditory or visual remains. The deaf person compensates with visual information to communicate, the visually impaired person compensates with their hearing, for example when traveling. The result is a serious, rare and unique disability which results in an inability to interact with the world and exercise one's right to be human and as a citizen, without the necessary aids and adaptations. The information received by the deafblind person is partial, impoverished and/or distorted. Severe difficulties in communication, access to information and autonomy have the consequences of significantly limiting all areas of daily life: activities, work, access to leisure activities, contacts social .
Indeed, this handicap situation can have an inhibiting effect during possible meetings.
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