Refers to a person who is both deaf and blind. Often used in contexts of social welfare, education, and accessibility.
Communication support for deaf-blind people is important.
As a deaf-blind person, she communicates using tactile signing.
Standard modern spelling using kana for ろう, avoiding the difficult kanji 聾.
Uses the non-jōyō kanji 聾; less common in modern writing.
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.