MADISON, Wis. - Earlier this month, the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction announced the Department of Education would be ending funding for the Wisconsin Deafblind Technical Assistance Project (WDBTAP).

One parent described the news of losing this program as a "gut punch". But they are still fighting to keep the project alive.

The WDBTAP provides assistance to families with children that are deafblind and who face other challenges. The project serves 170 students from birth to the age of 21 and 85% of them have 4 or more disabilities.

News 3 Now spoke with two parents whose children rely on the funding.

"Our daughter we knew was deaf when she was born. And so, she was literally born without ears." "And we didn't know about her vision problems until she was about 6 to 9 months.

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