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This 2-day event is lead by Marilyn Trader, MSW, Helen Keller National Center Regional Representative, and Ashley Benton, LCSW, MSW, Deaf/Blind Services Coordinator, NC Department of Health and Human Services. The event introduced Haptic Communication and taught participants about the history of Haptics and its uses with individuals with vision impairment and deaf-blindness. Participants learned about hand shapes and articulation areas, reference signals, describing a room, levels and grading using haptics. During lunch, participants were blindfolded and took turns using haptics to guide others through lunch lines, to tables and describe what was going on in the room. |
