Reflections on Deafblindness: Hands & Touch

In this webcast, Barbara Miles, a well-known author and lecturer, discusses the unique function hands serve for individuals who are deafblind. For people with vision and hearing impairments, hands become eyes, ears, and a voice. Barbara's realization that hands have so many critical roles changed the way she interacts with the hands of children who are deafblind. Chapters: 1 — Introduction; 2 — Touch as Essential for Learning for Most People with Deafblindness; 3 — How Touch is Influenced by Culture; 4 — Functions of Hands for Persons who are Deafblind; 5 — Interacting with Persons Who Are Deafblind; 6 — Touch As the Foundation for Language Learning.