%0 Journal Article
%T Functional assist translator-guide and the quality of life of deafblind people — research report
%A Rutkowski, Mateusz
%J Disability
%V 2019
%R 10.4467/25439561.NP.19.031.12274
%N Issue 35 (2019)
%P 56-69
%K disability, deafblind, functional assist, translator-guide, quality of life
%@ 2080-9476
%D 2019
%U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/niepelnosprawnosc/article/asystentura-funkcjonalna-tlumaczy-przewodnikow-a-jakosc-zycia-osob-gluchoniewidomych-komunikat-z-badan
%X 
	The article presents the functional specificity of simultaneous sight and hearing disabilities. Damage to two key senses causes difficulties in all spheres of human life and is a barrier in meeting one's needs. An opportunity to overcome this difficult situation is to promote access to the serv-ices of guides-interpreters. The results of the conducted research confirm that assistance services have a positive impact on the level of functioning of deaf-blind people, thanks to which their qual-ity of life improves. The cognitive goal of the article is to describe the assistantship of guides-interpreters and to present the results of research on the impact of this type of support on the quality of life of deafblind people. The conclusions also have a practical dimension, which is to emphas iz e the importance of as sistant guides-interpreters for the functioning of deaf-blind people and to indicate the importance of including this form of support in social policies regarding disability.