My story - a book that gives deafblind people a voice

Roy-Morten has been conducting the interviews since autumn 2017. They show that people with visual and hearing impairments represent a diversity on a par with everyone else. We meet people of all ages and life situations who talk about their lives. The portraits give us unique insights into everyday life and what it's like to live with both visual and hearing impairment. The stories also provide an insight into the services that are available and show opportunities for coping.

Many of the people we meet in the book are active users of Eikholt's services. This shows that the work we do at Eikholt has value and helps to create independence and mastery. This is in line with the Eikholt model, which is based on person-centred rehabilitation, meaning that the user is at the centre.

We strongly recommend you to read this book. It is available as an audiobook, braille and e-book via the Norwegian Audio and Braille Library (NLB) via this link My story

If you want to read the stories online, you can find them here My story - Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Deafblindness (dovblindhet.no)

If you would like a printed copy of the book, please contact NKDB by e-mail: dovblindhet@unn.no

Thank you so much Roy-Morten for writing this great book!