Lea Maurer works as a special educational needs teacher for the deafblind at the institution Nikolauspflege (Stuttgart, Germany). She is part of the project Hand in Hand (development and implementation of a qualification program) and works as a special needs teacher for children with visual impairment and complex disabilities. In 2022, Lea graduated from the University of Education (Heidelberg, Germany) with a degree in special needs education, majoring in pedagogy for the blind and visually impaired and pedagogy for the hearing impaired. In addition, she completed the course of special needs education for the deafblind. Furthermore, she worked as a research assistant in the research project IKI-TAU (Development of a Screening and Assessment Tool for the Deafblind) at the University of Education (Heidelberg, Germany). Her main areas of interest are diagnostics of functional vision and pedagogy for the deafblind.