Charlotte van de Molengraft is 74 and lives in The Netherlands with her husband of 50 years. They have 4 children, 2 grandchildren, 2 dogs (one guide dog) and 1 black cat. Charlotte has Usher syndrome and is functional blind and deaf, but has two Cochlear implants so she can hear a lot more than she ever has. She likes walking with the dogs, reading spoken books, cycling on a tandem, and making 3D paintings and sculptures. Since 1995 she is a volunteer in the deafblind world. Charlotte started as secretary of the organization of the blind and the last 10 years as the chair of the deafblind people. Now she is advisor of the project called: The Dutch Functional Definition of Deafblindness, and advisor of two other projects in the Dutch expertise program Deelkracht [“Shared Force”]. Working with researcher’s and professionals is a great pleasure and I’m glad that I have the opportunity to share my experiences with them.