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State University brought up the ongoing challenge that students with multiple
disabilities and sensory impairments are not receiving appropriate supports.
Often these students are not receiving adequate attention from teachers of
the visually impaired or the Deaf, hard-of-hearing teachers even though their
sensory disabilities have a profound impact on learning and access to
instruction. Several people agreed. One respondent from Virginia reflected
that there isn't an effective collaborative model for serving students and
teachers have trouble knowing how to serve students with multiple
disabilities. Dr. Linda McDowell from the National Center on Deaf-Blindness
mentioned that having students with multiple disabilities appropriately
identified with sensory disabilities is a federal concern and this identification
would assist our fields in appropriately addressing their needs.
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