Interveners and Deafblindness

12/20/2025

Parents across the country are concerned about the future of funding for state DeafBlind Projects. See how the federal funding cut to Wisconsin has impacted this family.

Casey and Leah Garner's 3-year-old daughter, who is deaf and visually impaired, learned to communicate thanks to a state-funded program. Now, following federal cuts targeting DEI initiatives, the program's funding has been cut — and her parents are speaking out.

12/17/2025

Join WDBTAP via Zoom on January 13th for a professional development presentation with Educational Consultant Nancy Steele. She will be explaining the implementation and benefits of calendar systems when working with a student who is deafblind.

Register Here:
http://bit.ly/3KzIWB0

12/15/2025

You may also click on the NYT auditory link to listen to the 7 minute article.

A program for deafblind children helped 3-year-old Annie Garner, born with poor vision and no ears, learn to communicate. The Trump administration cut the program’s funding over diversity goals.

12/10/2025

Registration open for Intervener training at Utah State University
Spring Semester 2026

Semester runs from Monday, January 5 through Tuesday, April 28, 2026

11/26/2025

We are SO THANKFUL for all the wonderful Interveners working across this country! Thank you for all the time and effort you work to support our children who are DeafBlind. We appreciate you!

11/12/2025

Intervener Community of Practice
Munch 'N' Learn Brown Bag Workshop
Intervener Strategies
December 1, 2025
3:30pm PT/4:30pm MT/ 5:30pm CT/ 6:30pm ET

Register here: https://nationaldb-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/How8aZ6fSkyrtA_g0EolUw #/registration

11/09/2025

Intervener Munch 'N' Learn ----- Save the Dates!
Mondays December 1, 2025; February 2, 2026; April 16, 2026

**Topic: Intervener/or Stratagies

11/07/2025

Contact your members of Congress after reading this!

Efforts to gut the U.S. Department of Education's special education office and move the program to another agency are already causing "immediate harm" to students with disabilities, advocates warn.

11/05/2025

Free training opportunity. "Communicating Through Touch: Strategies for Professionals Working with Children who are DeafBlind".

November 11, through the Wisconsin Deafblind Technical Assistance Project.

10/28/2025

These parents from Wisconsin are being proactive, as the funding for state DeafBlind Projects is not promised beyond this year. Watch the video below.

Wisconsin families with children who are deaf and blind are nervous about the future of the Department of Public Instruction’s Deafblind Technical Assistance Project.

10/24/2025

There are questions about the legality of transferring special education programs out of the Education Department. The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) clearly designates the Secretary of Education as the only agency head responsible for ensuring states and agencies meet the conditions and requirements in IDEA.

The U.S. Department of Education is in talks to move oversight of special education programs to another federal agency.

10/16/2025

The U.S. Department of Education (ED) made another round of layoffs this past weekend heavily impacting the Office of Special Education Programs, which oversees special education, further shrinking federal capacity for oversight under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

Although most IDEA funding has already been released for the current fiscal year, ASHA members could see slower response times from the federal government. ASHA is extremely concerned that if staffing losses and the shutdown persist, states and districts could face prolonged delays in technical assistance requests, as well as uncertainty around future OSEP grant competitions.

Tomorrow (October 15), members of ASHA's Board of Directors will join ASHA Advocacy on Capitol Hill to discuss this and other pressing issues with their legislators. Join us in urging Congress to protect ED and ensure access to services and supports necessary for student achievement and success: https://at.asha.org/O7