noun
Refers to a person who is both deaf and blind. Often used in contexts of social welfare, education, and accessibility.
盲ろう者のためのコミュニケーション支援が重要だ。
Communication support for deaf-blind people is important.
彼女は盲ろう者として、触手話を使って会話する。
As a deaf-blind person, she communicates using tactile signing.
Compound of 盲 (もう, 'blind'), 聾 (ろう, 'deaf'), and 者 (しゃ, 'person'). The spelling 盲ろう者 replaces the difficult kanji 聾 with kana.