[QUOTE="Dr_Yeezy_3000"]

how would someone communicate if they were born blind and deaf? they couldnt even learn brail because theyre deaf and no one can teach them

i couldnt imagine living like that id probably commit suicide for real

Candy-Star

[QUOTE="Dr_Yeezy_3000"]

[QUOTE="CammiTac"]

Yes, again,I know. :P

CammiTac

The person that I referred to as the smartest person I know, WAS born completely blind and deaf. I was just saying that a lot of deafblind individuals weren't born deafblind, but rather became deafblind later in life. And that some people considered deafblind actually have a little bit of residual hearing or sight left.

Sorry, I sometimes am not the best at written word and can be confusing.

the last dragonball gt episode made me ball my eyes out believe it or not, to this day i cant watch that episode, i get so emotional cause it reminds me that dbz ended and it was a huge part of my childhood, goku sacrificing his life for everyone and then going 100 years in the future when everyone is dead and then pan seeing a vision of goku of him saying goodbye and then on the screen the words "the end", just thinking about it completely ruins my mood and depresses me

[QUOTE="Dr_Yeezy_3000"]

im talking about being completely blind and deaf

CammiTac

Yes, again,I know. :P

[QUOTE="Dr_Yeezy_3000"]

[QUOTE="CammiTac"]

Yes, I'm aware.

CammiTac

Two of them were. I should mention that from what I know most are not born completely deaf and blind (these two were, though). They usually have a little bit of sight, or a little bit of residual hearing left. For example, Helen Keller wasn't born blind and deaf. She acquired an illness when she was 19 months old that left her blind and deaf. But still, she was only 19 months old. That is still quite impressive.

And with todays technology it is easier.

[QUOTE="Dr_Yeezy_3000"]

[QUOTE="CammiTac"]

Do you know any deafblind individuals? Because I do. And the ones I've met are just as capable as anyone else I've met (one of them may be the smartest person I've ever met). And they do know language (and it isn't imaginary, by the way). It just isn't always a spoken language. I feel like you guys over rely on one or two of your senses. Not that is necessarily a bad thing if you have them all.

CammiTac

Yes, I'm aware.

[QUOTE="Arthur96"]

[QUOTE="CammiTac"]

It isn't different. Deafblind people still have real life situations to associate these symbols with, they just experience these situations through touch, smell, and taste instead of sight and sound.

CammiTac

The problem is, people both deaf and blind have very little chances of actually learning a proper language.

Say that they do learn what A "feels" like. What will they do with it? Use it in their own imaginary language? They have no way to know what the letter sounds like, nor what it looks like, and honestly there is no way to learn a language in that state.

Do you know any deafblind individuals? Because I do. And the ones I've met are just as capable as anyone else I've met (one of them may be the smartest person I've ever met). And they do know language (and it isn't imaginary, by the way). It just isn't always a spoken language. I feel like you guys over rely on one or two of your senses. Not that is necessarily a bad thing if you have them all.

that sounds terrible would you be allowed to put that person down? i mean they arnt even living almost

akdiuuuryttt

[QUOTE="CammiTac"]

[QUOTE="Dr_Yeezy_3000"]thats different because i could associate those symbols with sounds and than apply them to real life situations through vision, blind and deaf people have nothing to associate those symbols with

Arthur96

It isn't different. Deafblind people still have real life situations to associate these symbols with, they just experience these situations through touch, smell, and taste instead of sight and sound.

The problem is, people both deaf and blind have very little chances of actually learning a proper language.

Say that they do learn what A "feels" like. What will they do with it? Use it in their own imaginary language? They have no way to know what the letter sounds like, nor what it looks like, and honestly there is no way to learn a language in that state.

good luck teaching a blind and deaf person what irony is, what an idiot is, etc. what they can learn is severly limited, so limited that i cant see someone effectivly communicating with them