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.

This story hasn’t even started and already it’s wrong. Rather than forcing DeafBlind people to adapt to the seeing/hearing world, Protactile is based on their ability to understand through touch; that ...

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 ...