The Helen Keller National Center for Deaf-Blind Youths and Adults (also known as the Helen Keller National Center or HKNC) is a foundation in the United States that provides services for individuals who, like Helen Keller, are both blind and deaf.
[1] It operates a residential rehabilitation and training facility at its headquarters in Sands Point, New York, which opened in 1976, and a system of ten regional field offices, also supporting families and professional carers.
In 2010 the Center served 72 adult training clients and specialized short term training for 26 clients; in addition the regional programs served 1,478 consumers, 441 families, and 881 organizations.
[5][6] The Center is funded in part by the Rehabilitation Services Administration of the U.S. Department of Education.
[8] Most have Usher syndrome, a congenital disorder in which the individual is born deaf and there is loss of sight by adolescence.