All people are born with different capabilities, but everyone has an instinct to communicate with their fellow human beings regardless of language and form of communication. This viewpoint is based on a dialogical perspective that assumes that all people want to share their feelings, thoughts and experiences with others. Providing the right conditions for people with congenital deafblindness to develop a language is a complex task.
When we put on our language glasses and give bodily tactile utterances a linguistic value, we can communicate with persons with congenital deafblindness at a linguistic level.” excerpt from the book If You Can See It, You Can Support It: A Book on Tactile Language.
Why do so few people with congenital deafblindness develop tactile sign language, despite being involved in social relationships and communication and exposed to sign/sign language and in some cases sign language in tactile form? In tactile sign language, signing is performed tactilely with the hands.
