Tactile Communications is a training center founded and operated by DeafBlind people for DeafBlind people. They offer a training program that touches on braille proficiency, language and communication skills, adaptive strategies for everyday tasks, orientation and mobility, and consulting skills with people and organizations that seek to include DeafBlind individuals. Institutions that wish to include DeafBlind individuals in decision-making can learn from the Tactile Communications model of DeafBlind leadership and advocacy. Tactile Communications seeks to provide the training and resources necessary for DeafBlind individuals to maximize their autonomy. "Our aim is to Our aim is to give DeafBlind people the tools they need to become active, productive members of society and in doing so, to improve the quality of their lives."

The Seattle Lighthouse for the Blind has been employing and empowering persons who are blind since 1918. Although the Lighthouse began as a manufacturing company - supplying the Boeing company and the federal government with materials and machinery since it was founded - the Lighthouse for the Blind “has always included employment support and a variety of social services, in addition to employment opportunities” (Edwards 2014, 69). The organization currently employs over 270 individuals who are blind, DeafBlind, or blind with other disabilities. In addition to employment, the organization offers courses on computer training, braille training, guide dog training, and DeafBlind community engagement. The organization utilizes an in-house interpreting department to provide communication access to DeafBlind individuals.

By providing DeafBlind individuals with meaningful and applicable job skills and self-sufficiency training, the Lighthouse for the Blind actively empowers DeafBlind individuals to be independently successful in careers that provide livable wages. Through this organization’s advocacy, DeafBlind individuals in the Seattle, Washington area are provided with relevant resources, skills, and knowledge to pursue leadership opportunities in various job fields. The Lighthouse for the Blind’s mission statement embodies their approach: “We empower people who are blind, DeafBlind, and blind with other disabilities by creating diverse, sustainable, and meaningful employment opportunities.”

DeafBlind Interpreting provides training and resources to interpreters that wish to develop the knowledge and skills to work with the DeafBlind community. DeafBlind Interpreting is developing a curriculum in partnership with DearfBlind mentors and collaborators. The framework that Deafblind Interpreting has set up for the inclusion of DeafBlind leaders in the decision-making process provides an approach that other organizations, agencies, and decision-makers can learn from. DeafBlind Interpreting gives autonomy to the DeafBlind community by including DeafBlind perspectives in organization processes. Its mission is to "honor the diversity and range of communication preferences of DeafBlind individuals or those who have a dual sensory loss, by increasing the range and number of culturally competent and qualified interpreters and mentors."