Deafblind Research Paper

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The first demand I noticed is environmental: the ride area has an inflatable mattress on the floor. My first thought would need to be absolutely careful walking along the mattress because I don't just have my safety to look after, but I also have the deafblind person’s safety to look after – which is more important than mine as the intervenor. A few control options that could work are (1) inform the deafblind person beforehand that the mattress we're about to walk on is inflatable, so we must be careful walking on it, (2) when walking, I must make sure I am going at an easy pace so the deafblind person follows the same pace and isn’t wobbling to get to the mechanical bull, and (3) walk quickly or run across the inflatable mattress. Of those

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