Everyone has the right to be heard. This is stated by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the Convention on the Rights of the Child. People with disabilities constitute a vulnerable group who often depend on others to communicate, participate, and develop as human beings.
When meeting people with congenital deafblindness, communication is often the biggest challenge. Creating the best communicative conditions means increasing the competence of the communication partner to identify meaning and expressions. When people in the surroundings lack competence, it is easy to miss important expressions or dismiss them as “behaviours” without any connection to the context.
