Anyone have any knowledge of Deafblind Manual Alphabet?
Q. My step mum is learning sign language etc at college and is doing a project on the Deafblind Manual Alphabet... What we would like to know is, if a person is deaf & blind from birth, how do they learn what each 'touch' or 'letter' represents ?
Asked by George - Thu Jan 4 14:18:36 2007 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Helen Keller learned by having "water" fingerspelled into her palm while having water poured onto her other hand. eventually, the words make sense and the letters are recognized as individual characters. It is not easy, but most deafblind people can read Braille and can write.
Answered by LEMME ANSWER THAT! - Thu Jan 4 14:24:29 2007

Atheists, how do you explain this?
Q. When Anne Sullivan, the tutor of the deafblind Helen Keller, attempted to explain to her student who God was, Helen responded with a shocking "Oh, I know Him. I've known Him a long, long time."
Asked by aggies_2011 - Tue Jul 11 18:53:21 2006 - - 35 Answers - 0 Comments

A. can someone explain to me why this would have any bearing on the actual existence of a god? this is quite possibly the dumbest topic i have seen so far.
Answered by Critical Mass - Tue Jul 11 19:07:09 2006

Why do people assume blind people can't use the computer?
Q. Every time I ask a question on here, I get at least a few answers to the effect of "how can you read this if you're blind" or "you're too literate to be blind" or even "You can't be blind; you type too well". Why do people think just because I or others are blind, we can't access the computer? There are blind doctors, lawyers, teachers, government officials, and more, and they think these people never use the computer? My counselor through the Department of the Blind is himself totally blind, too. I know of at least pone person on here who is deafblind, and JAWS always so many people to use the computer, not to mention the text-to-Braille feature of JAWS allowing deafblind people to use the computer. How many times do I have to say "It's [cont.]
Asked by Jewel - Mon Apr 6 17:31:50 2009 - - 6 Answers - 1 Comments

A. I think because people are ignorant. When you can see you can't imagine how it is to be blind and you can't imagine how you'd cope without your sight. I think the problem is that most people don't get to interact with blind people regularly because the visually impaired have different learning needs and are schooled separately. Because of this we don't know know exactly how you accomplish tasks without your sight because we've never had to. I think it's people like you who can educate us. Keep on writing so that everyone who doesn't have a friend or relative who is blind knows just how much you can accomplish. And everyone who offends you by assuming that you're not capable, just ignore them, because they're more than likely not as… [cont.]
Answered by Sylvie - Mon Apr 6 17:52:44 2009