Self-Determination for Children and Young Adults Who Are Deaf-Blind

Suzanne Morgan, Elizabeth Bixler, and Jamie McNamara,
July 2002

This paper explores how self-determination applies to individuals who are deaf-blind and how it affects families, educational programming, and service delivery. Provides information on the underlying principles of self-determination, and practices that foster self- determination including access to the environment through communication and vocational and work experiences.