DeafBlind people are creating a new language called Protactile, based solely on touch. Join author and disability rights advocate Rebecca Alexander as she meets the founders and educators of ...

JLC: Oh yes, sure. There is quite a distinction. ASL, or any visual-gestural language, all over the world there are distinct sign languages, and all of those sign languages are used by deaf ...

Thanks to Rhonda Voight-Campbell for sharing this radio interview that Dave Miller from Oregon Public Broadcasting conducted with Jelica Nuccio about Protactile language. A short video captures clips ...

Protactile is a new language that was created 15 years ago. It allows DeafBlind people to communicate directly, without having to rely on interpreters.

WOU’s new certificates are intended to give professionals the skills to better serve the deaf and hard of hearing communities throughout the state Western Oregon University has been serving people who ...

DeafBlind people are creating a new language called Protactile, based solely on touch. Join author and disability rights advocate Rebecca Alexander as she meets the founders and educators of ...