STORY 7/20: MATEVŽ – FROM INVISIBLE TO PROUD CREATOR
In 2012, we at the Deafblind Association of Slovenia DLAN received an email from a lady who was caring for a former neighbor. According to the description, he was an elderly man, completely lonely, without contact with the outside world. Deaf and probably also...
WORKSHOP ON THE HAPTIC WAY OF COMMUNICATION
At the Deafblind Association of Slovenia DLAN, together with people with deafblindness and personal assistants, we strengthened the haptic way of communication within the project The Language of the Deafblind as a Means of Inclusion of People with Deafblindness,...
KAMIŠIBAI – THE MAGIC OF STORIES IN PICTURES
We had a very special day at the Deafblind Day Center. We were visited by Mrs. Dragica Ropret Žumer, a storyteller, educator and creator, who wholeheartedly introduced us to the Japanese art of storytelling with pictures – kamishibai. Kamishibai is more than just a...
STORY 6/20: STANKA – A VOLUNTEER WHO HEARES WITH THE HEART
After the establishment of the Slovenian Association of the Deaf-Blind DLAN, we needed people with hearts. There was no money, no employees – but there was a great need for help. Stanka stepped forward without hesitation and said: “I am deaf. But I have a big...
STORY 5/20: GAŠPER – A QUIET FIGHTER BUILDING BRIDGES
Gašper Pezdirc is a person with deafblindness who came to know his fate early in life—his father was deaf and, by the end of his life, completely deafblind. But for Gašper, it was even harder: back then, there were no communication tools like today, no personalized...
