Sight-Hearing
Encouragement
Program
Empowering the DeafBlind community by collaborating and creating opportunites of equity.
Community & Social Events
DeafBlind are often excluded from social relationships, community participation, leisure activities, and employment. Sight Hearing Encouragement Program (SHEP) seeks to remedy these disconnects by creating inclusive, diverse experiences.
Advocacy For All
DeafBlind consumers have limited to virtually nonexistent access to public communications and information on laws and public policy initiatives passed by local and federal legislative bodies. This lack of information directly affects their rights as individuals and their ability to influence change on their own behalf.
We Love Our Team!
We here at S.H.E.P. are a curated team of local experts united by a single goal; to create experiences that make an impact, shape culture and connect people.
Awareness Is Key
Sight Hearing Encouragement Program has helped in creating materials are shared with partners in government and civil society around the world as well as local municipality offices. We believe education is the first step to take in order to become a well-rounded advocate.
Living Interdependently with Dignity, Wholeness & Respect
Everyone deserves the right to be fully included and immersed in their community and enjoy opportunities to live, learn, grow, work and socialize with others side by side. This includes those with dual sensory loss, older adults with developmental and intellectual disabilities, who need varying levels of support with things like transportation, shopping for groceries and clothes, and finding community employment.
