More than 100 Oregon students with both vision and hearing impairments are anticipating a decline in services in schools, as the federal government has suddenly cut a five-year grant for the Oregon DeafBlind Project.

The program serves deafblind Oregonians from birth up until the age of 21 at no cost to families or school districts. The goal of the program is to provide training to local teachers and school staff to support students with deafblindness.

Lisa McConachie is the director of the project. She joins us to share more on what these cuts will mean for students.

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News Source : https://www.opb.org/article/2025/09/19/oregon-deafblind-project/