How to Teach Sign Language to a Blind Person

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Tip 1 - Teaching Your Visually Impaired Child Sign Language

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Eva Hanrahan | permalink

Jennie, from the Micro/Anophthalmia Parent Support group, writes about how she taught her son, Max, to sign. Max is totally blind and does have a few verbal words, but using signs to augment his early communication has really improved his language skills.

For further reading: http://www.wonderbaby.org/articles/teaching-your-visually-impaired-child-sign-language ^[1]