Abstract:

The focus of this article is on deaf blind people who are or have been involved with deaf signing communities and, when vision changes, transition to tactile reception of sign language. This brings about a disconnection with the signing community, exploration of (other) possibilities, and seeking or creating deaf blind spaces. In the United States, the protactile movement led to a more tactile-centric form of communication and to more autonomy for deaf blind people. In international settings, deaf blind people from diverse language backgrounds communicate in a mix of visual and tactile representations or conventions of concepts.

At the academic level, deaf blind people have been studied by a variety of disciplines. Deaf blind studies benefits from multidisciplinary and insider perspectives to gain more insights into theory and research methods.

摘要：

本文的重点是聋盲人，他们正在或曾经参与聋人手语社区，当视力发生变化时，他们会过渡到手语的触觉接收。这带来了与手语社区的脱节、对（其他）可能性的探索、以及寻找或创造聋盲空间。在美国，触摸运动带来了一种更加以触觉为中心的交流方式，并为聋哑人带来了更多自主权。在国际环境中，来自不同语言背景的聋哑人以视觉和触觉表征或概念约定的混合方式进行交流。

在学术层面，聋盲人已被多种学科所研究。聋盲研究受益于多学科和内部视角，可以获得对理论和研究方法的更多见解。