In Protactile, we use the tactile and proprioceptive modality. So right now I'm seated with Hal, she and I are seated so that we're facing each other, but we're beside each other, so our thighs are ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

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Jill Bradbury, chair of NTID’s Department of Performing Arts, has received a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts for DeafBlind Children’s Theatre. The project will support members ...

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 ...