DeafBlind people are creating a new language | American Masters | PBS

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    Join author and disability rights advocate Rebecca Alexander as she meets the founders and educators of Protactile, a language based solely on touch. Historically, DeafBlind people have been limited to using interpreters to communicate. With Protactile, one-on-one and group conversations are not only possible, but they also allow for deeper and more meaningful connection.
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  • @lifesajoke6965
    @lifesajoke6965 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +66

    The human brain is amazing. It so hard to comprehend how someone who has never heard a word or seen any kind of symbol can still have the ability to comprehend and use a language just as descriptive and complex as any.

    • @kristoimanuel13
      @kristoimanuel13 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Great reflection ❤

  • @jonathanvair
    @jonathanvair 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +61

    Nearly cried the whole time. So lucky to be alive in a time where I get to see this coming together.

    • @tbraddy8745
      @tbraddy8745 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Me too!!!

  • @winros
    @winros 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Hi, I'm a CODA. Both my parents were born Deaf. I grew up with many Deaf people and Deaf Blind people!!!🤟✌️

  • @sundaysmith5942
    @sundaysmith5942 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

    Wow, I learned asl 25 years ago, I have use it off and on. I also taught my boys. Now I'm a certified nursing assistant and just got a new patient that is deaf and blind. I want to learn this technique so I can communicate. This video was very helpful😊

  • @rubikfan1
    @rubikfan1 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

    Protactile real show that people always find a way to communicate. Its branded in our dna. Millions of year of evolution in a social species does this.

  • @joycestevens376
    @joycestevens376 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

    Heard an NPR interview on 12/30/23 using Protactile. Was so entranced by the description of Protactile and the interviewer discussing and sharing what was occurring during the interview using the Protactile method. I have tried to learn a little ASL to be able to communicate with the deaf, but this would be far beyond my 78 year old ability to learn. I am so happy that you have a way a communicating with each other. To me it is quite amazing and beautiful.

  • @GaiaCarney
    @GaiaCarney 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +27

    American Masters PBS & Rebecca Alexander 🙏🏾 Thank You! Protactile is profound, and could change how *ALL* people relate & communicate! It’s beautiful

    • @taylor3950
      @taylor3950 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I’m really glad that it’s growing and evolving. I watched a few videos about it years ago, but now it seems more fleshed out and distinct from ASL. So cool to see.

    • @tbraddy8745
      @tbraddy8745 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thank you so much!!!

  • @samalsrei5089
    @samalsrei5089 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Protactile sounds like a beautiful language. Thank you for sharing this information with the world!

    • @privateprivate1865
      @privateprivate1865 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Sounds like a necessity as well.. what a nightmare to live a life of silence and blindness, especially if you were once sighted and hearing abled

  • @timothythomas4812
    @timothythomas4812 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i used to be help in Churc h activites and the elders had enjoyed my interpreter for the Blind She Adore my signs and so now i see something new, so i would love Learn more! God Bless you all! Keep the Deaf Blind kids less worry! Learn as much as they always love your training!

  • @kremenanikolova2239
    @kremenanikolova2239 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +12

    Thank you so much for this informative video! I had no idea that Protactile exists. I knew in my heart that sign language is not enough.

  • @Netbase2000
    @Netbase2000 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Now I want to learn this and be involved. This is awesome. I absolutely believe a touch can say thousand words.

  • @bettycaudill3299
    @bettycaudill3299 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I don't remember where I heard about triplets born as deaf and blind, but the mother was able to get help somewhere. Maybe this place was it. If not I hope it was someplace like it. A place like this helps the deaf and blind be more independent as much as possible. Thank you for sharing this.

  • @Arc618
    @Arc618 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Life changing POV. God bless and thank you for sharing this.

  • @roonboo96
    @roonboo96 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Wow! That looks like the most intimate and beautiful language I have ever seen. I am fairly proficient in ASL and now use it for a lot of communication due to a disability, and I am blown away by this “next level” of communication; it is “like” ASL, but is nothing like ASL and is so clearly its own language. It is a language of coming together and of community like none other. I am/was a teacher; one of the students in the first class I ever taught had Usher’s Syndrome; she was still pretty sighted when I taught her so she was communicating with ASL, but I do wonder how her life could expand with this more beautiful language. Just wow. Totally blown away. Words really do escape me to explain how deeply this touched me.

  • @Jeannek4493
    @Jeannek4493 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wow what a beautiful language!!! The intimacy of it is really special

  • @trevorzealley729
    @trevorzealley729 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Tears of joy . Tears often not seen or heard but felt .

  • @stefangorodetsky612
    @stefangorodetsky612 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    There’s always hope as long as we have humanity!
    God bless everyone and everything whatever you are! ❤

  • @Matt-Hazel
    @Matt-Hazel 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    It makes me wonder if this could be used to teach people who can't use words or but can see and hear to communicate.
    My cousin has a daughter who is non verbal autistic, but is very quick to understand if there is touch involved.
    Like gently moving hands away from objects that should not be touched. Showing that we are not mad, but just are asking her to not touch it. But right now she can't understand why. But that's because the words may not make any sense to her.
    If I could learn this. This could save her from a institutionlized life.

  • @alanolson6913
    @alanolson6913 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’m HOH (hard of hearing). I sign and wear dual hearing aids. I’ve had the privilege of meeting a deaf/blind man a long while ago. The protactile language had yet to be developed so we used ASL. Our visit went well, so very interesting to me to learn about his life.

  • @user-lw4en2oi4l
    @user-lw4en2oi4l 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Excellent!

  • @icantthinkofaname987
    @icantthinkofaname987 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    3:22 I CANNOT ESCAPE IT

    • @toyanaydin8248
      @toyanaydin8248 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      bro ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️

  • @chriscarroll277
    @chriscarroll277 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    So very interesting!

  • @Jaglilpill75
    @Jaglilpill75 หลายเดือนก่อน

    So interesting and so heartwarming to see ppl meet and have great time on their terms, asl tactile is so cool ❤️❤️❤️

  • @linguisticlily
    @linguisticlily 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow!! This is amazing! 💖💖💖

  • @jetlorider
    @jetlorider 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bless your hearts and soul! I Love you all

  • @Drknprty
    @Drknprty 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This is amazing!!

  • @gran-fromg-townhola9429
    @gran-fromg-townhola9429 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Super informative I’m interested in this language

  • @izzyn9000
    @izzyn9000 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    HOW BEAUTIFUL🙌🏾❤️

  • @prinzezze
    @prinzezze 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Hopefully I’ll never become deaf and blind I’d definitely not be comfortable with someone touching me that much.

    • @TheWorldIsDumb
      @TheWorldIsDumb 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      It's just a matter of time.

    • @lifesajoke6965
      @lifesajoke6965 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +14

      If you actually went deaf and blind you would get over that real quick.

  • @coolsebastian
    @coolsebastian 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is really interesting

  • @davidlenig8470
    @davidlenig8470 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    But if you give the sign for a dog as what is nearly the "heavy metal horns" what is the sign for wolf? Coyote? llama? goat? Or deer? And if the lady at the very beginning of the video has always been deafblind, how can she mouth the words? Im stoked that these ppl can communicate at all, dont get me wrong, but i got questions...

  • @joeblogs5314
    @joeblogs5314 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My Farther in heaven please take care of these lovely souls and i thank God for the trainers of this touch language YOU ARE MY HEROES never had a hero in my life before ever and i can see and hear normally ... I Love you with all my heart and soul and with ALL the life in me ...i wish i could help it would give me more pleasure and satisfaction in life than if i was a billionaire !

  • @Familylawgroup
    @Familylawgroup หลายเดือนก่อน

    Are there centers for learning Protactile near St. Louis? If a person is new to hearing loss and anticipates vision loss during their lifetime, is it best to start with protactile or should the person know ASL first?

  • @SCOUT_THE-SERVANT
    @SCOUT_THE-SERVANT 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Full vid in description.

  • @user-dj8gt6ik7c
    @user-dj8gt6ik7c 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Neat

  • @HITthegymwithjkhman
    @HITthegymwithjkhman 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wow

  • @tanyamarie987
    @tanyamarie987 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    💗😍🤗😭😘👏💝

  • @resourceress7
    @resourceress7 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Why do you have so many shots where all we can see is someone's head? That is the opposite of where all of the language is. You need to put the whole signing space and tactile space onscreen. If people were only communicating with their mouths, then okay sure headshot, but this is not that. And this entire documentary is about the communication itself. Put it onscreen!

  • @user-no4lo8p7val
    @user-no4lo8p7val 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    မြန်မာလိုစာနဲ့ရေးပြီးအင်းဂလျိပ်englishလိုပြောကြည့်ပါလား။

    • @brylefajanilan3204
      @brylefajanilan3204 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ကျွန်တော် ဘာသာပြန်သူ သုံးခဲ့တယ်၊ ဒါ ဖြစ်နိုင်လား။

    • @user-no4lo8p7val
      @user-no4lo8p7val 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@brylefajanilan3204 ဒုန့်ဝါရီတူဒေးအစ်ဒေဝါရီဒေး

  • @MAURICEWILLIAMS-mk3ye
    @MAURICEWILLIAMS-mk3ye 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    That's not new when I was young I met Helen Keller we went on a class trip to the United Nations in New York City in the early 60s I was in junior high school there was a lady with her I think her name was ann Silverman she created that type of sign language I met the real Helen Keller wow in New York City they have the Helen Keller institute We're they teach the technique to deaf and blind people.