Assistive Communication
On this page you can discover different forms of communication that people use to interact and communicate with one another. Science and technology have advanced so much that everyone in the world is able to have some means of communication. Either speaking verbally, or using hand movements, communication exists everywhere and in every form.
Sign Language
Sign language is a language used by people who are deaf or hard of hearing. Sign language is a complex language that consists of hand movements combined with facial expressions and body postures to symbolize different words or letters.There are many sign languages used in different countries all around the world. For instance, there is American Sign language, which is called ASL, and there is also British Sign Language, which is called BSL. Both of these differ from one another because both use different words and meanings, an ASL communicator may not be able to understand BSL. Sign language was a language invented so people are able to communicate by using symbols and signs rather than words or speech.
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Deaf Blind Communication
People who are deaf and blind have different ways that enable them to communicate. The methods that they use vary with the degree of their vision and hearing loss. With newly advancements in assistive technology, deaf-blind people are finding new ways to communicate. Some technology that assist people who are deaf and blind to be able to communicate, are objects like Alphabet gloves. The Alphabet Glove is a glove worn by the deaf blind person and has letters and numbers printed on it. People who are deaf and blind are also able to communicate by text based telephones with brail keyboards and brail displays. Braille Notetakers can also be used to communicate with a person who is deaf and blind. These forms of communication have allowed deaf blind people to be able to reach out hand connect with other people in the world, and it has also allowed for the world to have the ability to communicate with people who are blind and deaf.
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