Sensory Disabilities are a Fact of Life.
Not the End of It.
No one said it was easy to raise a child or be a child with a hearing loss or vision impairment. But with good information, helpful training, and the right technology, what was once an unthinkable difficulty can turn into a quite manageable fact of an otherwise wonderful life.
Washington Sensory Disabilities Services (WSDS) is here to assist children who are deaf or hard of hearing, blind or visually impaired, or deaf-blind, by providing training and other support to families and service providers.
WSDS is funded by our state education agency— the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI)—as a state needs special education project. We receive other federal and state grants to support our services as well, so we are able to offer them at little or no cost.
*Special Bulletin*
Flood Notice: Puget Sound ESD is located in Renton, in the Green River flood zone. There is a potential for severe flooding in the flood zone during the rainy season due to problems with the Howard Hanson Dam. Several of the employees of WSDS are located at Puget Sound ESD in Renton. This is just a warning that if flooding were to occur, these employees would be relocated, and working offsite. At this point, we are assuming that our email will be available, and are hoping that the website will still be functional. We will post an alternate phone number to call if you would like to talk to a staff person. Please note that we will not be able to answer our regular work phones if flooding does occur, but you can leave a message and we can retrieve the messages from our alternate locations. If you have any questions, please email Sandy Honeycutt at shoneycutt@psesd.org or call 425-917-7827. Thank you.