DoofBlind Suid-Afrika is op 26 Julie 1996 gestig toe \u2019n groep DoofBlinde en nie-gestremde persone met \u2019n gemeenskaplike doelwit bymekaar gekom het om \u2019n nuwe organisasie in Suid-Afrika tot stand te bring wat spesifiek die DoofBlinde-gemeenskap kan verteenwoordig en \u2019n platform voorsien waarvandaan hulle eie stem gehoor kan word.<\/p>\n
Voor 1996 het die DoofBlinde-gemeenskap hul hoofsaaklik vereenselwig met \u00f3f die dowe gemeenskap \u00f3f die blinde gemeenskap, maar sonder \u2019n identiteit van hul eie. Met verloop van tyd het hierdie situasie al meer frustrasie meegebring onder DoofBlinde-aktiviste omdat die DoofBlinde-gemeenskap se unieke identiteit, karakter en behoeftes nie gelykwaardig aangespreek is en erkenning ontvang het nie. <\/p>\n
Weens DoofBlinde persone se dubbel-sensoriese verlies van gehoor en sig in een liggaam was die DoofBlinde persoon meestal ge\u00efsoleerd weens kommunikasie-uitdagings en onvoldoende gelykwaardige toegang tot inligting en algemene dienste beskikbaar.<\/p>\n
Die huidige grondwet van DoofBlind Suid-Afrika se inleiding, missie en visie vat dit alles baie mooi saam:<\/p>\n
\n Introduction<\/b>\n<\/p>\n
\n As the official voice of DeafBlind people, DeafBlind South Africa has been formed to provide supportive services to DeafBlind individuals, their families, caregivers, and friends as well as any other persons closely involved with their day to day activities. It serves DeafBlind individuals of all ages, dealing with all conditions of deafblindness, no matter what the degree or severity of the dual sensory impairments. DBSA was established to serve as the voice of DeafBlind people in South Africa.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n
\n The severity of combined visual and auditory impairments means that DeafBlind people cannot automatically utilise services for people with visual impairments or with hearing impairments. Therefore, deafblindness causes extreme difficulties regarding education, training, working life, social life, cultural activities, information, communication, and mobility.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n
\n Deafblindness must therefore be regarded as a separate disabil\u00adity which requires special methods of communication, mobility, and special methods for coping with the functions of everyday life. <\/i>\n<\/p>\n
\n Mission<\/b>\n<\/p>\n
\n To empower the DeafBlind in South Africa and to be the unifying voice of DeafBlind persons in South Africa which will ensure that DeafBlind people are recognised as persons with dignity, equal rights, and opportunities. <\/i>\n<\/p>\n
\n Vision<\/b>\n<\/p>\n
\n Barrier free society that will allow persons with deafblindness to actively participate in the activities of the national, provincial, and regional development.<\/i>\n<\/p>\n
Die bekende DoofBlinde aktivis, Helen Keller, het ges\u00ea: \u201cWhen you lose your vision, you lose contact with things; when you lose your hearing, you lose contact with people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hiermee wil ek dan namens DoofBlind Suid-Afrika en ons DoofBlinde-gemeenskap die pioniers en stigterslede salueer vir hul baanbrekerswerk om ons DoofBlinde-gemeenskap ook \u2019n stem van hul eie te gee.<\/p>\n
Ons innige meegevoel en simpatie aan familie en vriende met die ontydige afsterwe op Sondag 16 Julie 2023 van Sandra Tyler wat \u2019n formidabele stigterslid, pionier en voormalige nasionale voorsitter van DoofBlind Suid-Afrika was.<\/p>\n
Baie dankie vir al jou harde werk en baie baklei namens die DoofBlinde-gemeenskap deur al die moeilike jare, Sandra! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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