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RHODE ISLAND COMMISSION ON THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING CELEBRATES DEAFBLIND AWARENESS WEEK

RHODE ISLAND COMMISSION ON THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING CELEBRATES DEAFBLIND AWARENESS WEEK
June 22 - 28, 2025

DeafBlind Awareness Week is celebrated each year during the last week of June, in recognition of Helen Keller’s birthday, June 27, 1880.

To learn more about DeafBlind Awareness Week:

https://youtu.be/ya0FDKrgCVE

https://www.helenkeller.org/dbaw25/

www.perkins.org/resources-stories/helen-keller/page/3/

www.biography.com/activists/helen-keller