What the Future May Hold for the Deaf-Blind Child
□ The development of special education and rehabilitation for deaf-blind persons is still many years behind the stage reached for other handicapped groups. Much of the development has taken place within the past several years. However, enough has already been accomplished to hold good promise for the years ahead; and while we cannot be complacent about expanded and improved opportunities now available for deaf-blind persons, we can take encouragement from the fact that, considering what has been achieved and what can be expected in the near future, a deaf-blind child today enjoys a reasonably good prospect for finding an acceptable place for himself in the world when he reaches adulthood. With continuing faith, hard work, and patience we may hope that, within our lifetime, most deaf-blind children will enjoy opportunities and choices for their future not too greatly different from those enjoyed by their nonhandicapped peers.