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.