VIDBE-Q Volume 67 Issue 4
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Image Description: Standing in the checkout lane of a grocery store are an
intervener and teen-age student putting items on the conveyer belt.
When she entered high school, we asked for someone proficient in sign
language to be her intervener, but then COVID hit. Distance learning came into our
world then, but a deafblind child cannot learn that way. Brooklyn lost valuable
time, and it was like starting over again. The school then hired another person,
proficient in sign language to become trained as an intervener for Brooklyn.
However, it has been a slow process, and she has made with very little progress in
sign language and communication skills. We remain hopeful that she can
communicate before she graduates.
