Because they would not be able to learn brail as they can’t hear any instructions. And they can’t learn sign language because they cannot see?
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Because they would not be able to learn brail as they can’t hear any instructions. And they can’t learn sign language because they cannot see?
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their eyes and ears are their hands, their skin extremely sensitive to things. they learn everything with their skin.
It is proven in psychology that everyone;s brain needs language and in circumstances when one language is not possible, they create another one. You listed some examples, like sign language in deaf people. An example for a deaf and blind person would be helen keller, who learned by association with nature and feelings to morphed signs.
They should just give up on life and die a horrible death!
We work with lots of people who are deaf and blind. It’s hard but not impossible to communicate and teach children who are deafblind. Remember they may be deaf and blind but can still use movement, their sense of touch, taste, smell etc. to interact with the world.
There’s some information here about developing communication:
http://www.sense.org.uk/developing
It’s a bit technical, but you get the idea. And if you’d like to meet some deafblind children, there are a few videos on youtube.
This is Noah:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsYCSC-p4lk
and this is Kiera, in a TV advert:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNZbz8ncx9A
Hope that’s useful.
Also, there are many types of deafness and blindness. Being deafblind does not necessarily mean that a person cannot hear anything nor can they see anything. They may have tunnel vision, for example, but are still able to use some vision if certain modifications are made. Also, their hearing/vision loss could be progressive, meaning that they were born with that ability and then it deteriorates over time.
For the people who are fully deafblind, often tactile sign language is used. This is a slightly modified version of sign language, where they place their hand on top of the other signer’s and can follow the language that way. They usually still sign normally, but receive language input through tough.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tactile_sign_language
Like others have said… with a lot of patience, education will happen. I know Anne Sullivan started teaching Helen Keller by running water over her hand, then spelling out WATER in that hand. Eventually, she made the connection and the rest is history.