“Did you know that Helen Keller created her own form of sign language to communicate with her family? (Page 32)” DisabilityBlindnessDeafnessAbleismSign LanguageAsl Book:Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism Source: Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism
“Most Deaf kids have home signs; they develop their own ways to get what they need. I have my own, too. My colleagues in the science fiction world who sign can get my attention, can communicate with me if they really need to. A lot of the signs we use aren't "real," but they're the ones I use, and that's why we use them together. (Page 33)” BlindnessDeafnessAbleismSign LanguageAsl Book:Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism Source: Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism