Touch - The Hand



Touch - "The Hand"
 
I read a book called “A Natural History of the Senses” by Diane Ackerman. I chose “The Hand” in “Touch” section, because the hands are the essential tool for deaf people to communicate.  Most deaf people use American Sign Language. I learned how to sign with total English language to communicate with my family in public schools. When I transferred to the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind in my freshmen year of high school, I also learned A.S.L. (American Sign Language I use it to communicate with my friends at FSDB. So, I use bilingual sign languages. Total English is for my family, and A.S.L. is for deaf people.

 

I noticed hand shapes of fingerspelling A..B..C. and all letters of the alphabet are like yoga postures in hands instead of body. They are symbols for when people don’t know actual sign for a word, and usually to spell a person’s name. When Hearing people start to learn sign language, they usually start with A,B,C. fingerspelling to communicate with deaf people, then they start learning how to sign basic words and build more signing.

 
One hand shape for I love you is the fast way to communicate in A.S.L. Total English would use all three words, I love you.

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