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  • Co-creating Protactile Space at PTerry’s

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    We had fun experimenting with our first PTerry’s event! Many questions and curious inquiries were arisen, and probably some puzzled looks. What I love about our PT speaking community is who uses PT knows that we have to break away from the norms. Newbies may feel confused but still made an effort!. First, a little…

  • To be silent, not to be silent…

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    Hayley here with a deeply sensitive post that I wrote somewhere else. I wanted to address this here too, because as parents to our DeafBlind kids, we have a bigger responsibility of information sharing. While the original post below is not directly related to parenting DeafBlind children, it serves a lot of food for thought.…

  • Contact Space

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    The first principle and most significant principle in Protactile- establishing and creating safe contact spaces. In this context, we do not sign in a visual body frame. It is more of establishing tactile spatial contact space using our bodies to convey meanings and concepts. Contact space includes emphasis, tone, emotions, point to point, and reference…

  • Co – Presence… Our Way!

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    This is one of my most favorite topics to explore! We inhabit a world that is visually and auditorily oriented. In this world, for most, co-presence is already innate, through interactions and our ways of communicating and existing. Except for us, DeafBlind persons, we adapt and learn how to live in this world. That leads…

  • Parents’ Reality

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    Often, parents are at a loss when their newborn happens to be DeafBlind (DB). When the baby does not pass the standard hearing test, parents are typically bombarded by medical professionals and are under intense pressure to go in that direction.  Does this resonate with you? Often medical interventions are not the answer. This applies…

  • Community Nudger

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    This is the English version of my Protactile name, thanks to John Lee Clark! The best part? You have to touch me for the PT name. In our community, we have protactile names where we announce our names and presence by touching others with our PT names. You also may feel some nudges all over…

  • Naming this Blog

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    Why did I call this The Dark Side? I often joke those curious – thirsty – PT seekers that they are welcome to join our dark side…. Dark side has an ironic twist of humor to it, at least to me, in our protactile world. I feel liberated when it is all dark, no lights.…