Deafblind Social Group of Kansas City

05/10/2025

DeafBlind Awareness and Helen Keller Celebration Event
Sponsored by the Greater Kansas City DeafBlind Collaborative and The Whole Person

Families, students, and community all welcome to join in the celebration!
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Thursday, June 26, 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
at The Grace & Holy Trinity Cathedral
415 W. 13th Street
Kansas City, MO 64105
(across from Bartle Hall in downtown KC, parking onsite, enter building by playground)

Come to connect with others and to discover resources, communication options, and technology for individuals who are DeafBlind! Stay for 2 minutes or the full 2 hours!


Bring your own Interpreter, or use a chat or captioning app like Otter.ai onsite. A few Floater Interpreters will be available for short periods of time. Bring your own SSP if you have access to that program.

Event collaborators include:
The Whole Person
Missouri Assistive Technology – iCanConnect program
Helen Keller National Center
EITAS
& more

RSVP is requested, but not required, to [email protected] .

Photo above is of Helen Keller as a young woman hugging her terrier dog Phiz.

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05/14/2024

Hello, Want to let you all know due to low of number whoever are going to the Roe park this come Saturday so I am made decided to cancelled and I will cancelling the event. so hope next june upcoming soon! thank you for your understand and have a wonderful memorial day!

10/29/2023

We will be hosting another SSP training for those who are interested in working in Missouri! Check out the flyer and description for all the details for this two part hybrid training.

To access the announcement in ASL, click here: https://youtu.be/V3vD_Ax5FdM

For questions, please reach out to Brett at (636) 542-8126 or [email protected]

Register link: https://airtable.com/appTrkaQboGt2QXQQ/shrSKEca4YWCZLIs4

Flyer description: Dark blue and white flyer with a photo from a past in person Vancro SSP training and the title "Two Part SSP Training" Part 1 Online via Zoom. Monday, November 20 from 6pm-8pm. Part 2 In person Saturday December 2. 9:00am – 5:00pm in person at Blue Ridge Baptist Church 9320 E. 35th Street, Independence, MO 64052. Join us for a hybrid, two-part Support Service Provider (SSP) training in Missouri! What is an SSP? Support Service Providers (SSPs) are specially trained guides who help ensure that DeafBlind individuals have the facts they need to make informed decisions. They relay environmental information and give access to visual and aural details, to empower DeafBlind individuals to make informed decisions. Questions? Contact us: (636) 542-8126 or [email protected] QR code leads to this registration link: https://airtable.com/appTrkaQboGt2QXQQ/shrSKEca4YWCZLIs4

02/26/2023

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