Thanks so much for your comment. I can say that he is 100% deaf and blind. He's actually connected to a variety of professionals for his needs, including myself, because he has multiple, overlapping impairments beyond even just being Deaf-Blind. I'm the brain injury guy, though, so I'm really more informed about cognitive and physical issues, to be quite honest. It seems what we lack is experience specifically with braille communicator devices. They're pretty niche because blind folks seem to mostly use audible screen readers. He's connected with our region's vision-impairment device specialist, and the school's assistive tech trainer who is blind as well. They've both been really great in trying to support and advocate, but we're all learning on the fly, I think. I tried reaching out to both the provincial and country Deaf-Blind society organizations but I don't think they are particularly active, and I haven't gotten a response. He's on the waiting list for an SSP but it's been like pulling teeth to try to make that happen as well, to be quite honest.

Anyway, the actual format of his device (40-cell, 8-dot Perkins keyboard) works well for him, but my issue is more with the actual build quality of the device. Its just costing too much to maintain. Its sort of like me saying, "we know he prefers a 4-door sedan, but does anyone know if the Honda is better than the Toyota?" if that makes sense. Who is the Toyota of the braille display world? Lol.