How does a deaf person learn sign language? They can’t hear, so how do they learn what the different signals mean?
How does a blind person learn to read braile?
What about people who are both blind AND deaf, like Hellen Keller, except born that way? How are they taught to communicate at all, when they can’t see or hear, and never could?
SERIOUS ANSWERS ONLY, PLEASE. I REALLY WANT TO KNOW.
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THEY HAVE PLENTY OF PROFESSIONALS THAT TEACH THEM AND FRIENDS AND FAMILYS AND TEACHERS SHRUG THERES PLENTY OF AGENCYS AND CASE WORKERS AND SCHOOLS AND GOD HELPS THEM TOO… AND THEY TEACH THEIRSELF ALSO.
Blind people learn to read Braille much like seeing people learn to read, they just learn with their fingers instead of by sight.
Kinesthetically, and through the hands and fingers.
Think of this:
When you are reading your screen, you are not listening. You could have earplugs and still be able to read. That is is visual understanding of language.
Again, if you can´t see anything, like in a closed dark theater, you can still understand a conversation. The blind person will have their hands and ears to relate to their environment. Using Braille and a cane use these resources.
Braille uses a set of spaced dots, something like the alphabet used last century for telegrams: Morse code: a series of dots and lines. You just have to learn to read and write them.
The blind and deaf person are a real problem. I know a man who has never heard or seen anything! He uses the palm of his hand to communicate. Something like Hellen Keller. Of course, like Ms. Keller, he does have a preson who can see and hear who types in his hand and receives the typed messages.
Education of the Blind and Deaf is extensively described elsewhere.