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 ...

But in the last 15 years, a new language was born right here in the Pacific Northwest. It’s called Protactile, and it was created by a group of DeafBlind people who prioritize touch. One of the people ...

Instead, we in Protactile use tactile backchanneling cues, so all of my emotions in terms of how I am receiving a person's message is also communicated as I'm receiving it. So contact space is immense ...

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

Protactile is an emergent language used by deafblind people. Unlike American Sign Language, protactile is not visual and is practiced on the bodies of those in conversation. In GSWS 321 “Making ...

A new study demonstrates that grammar is evident and widespread in a system of communication based on reciprocal, tactile interaction, thus reinforcing the notion that if one linguistic channel, such ...

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 ...

A new study demonstrates that grammar is evident and widespread in a system of communication based on reciprocal, tactile interaction, thus reinforcing the notion that if one linguistic channel, such ...