Touching Lives – The World of the Deaf-Blind | Faith Matters
Sight and hearing are the two most important senses for human mobility, orientation, communication and participation in society. Deaf-blindness is a dual disability that severely limits a person’s independence and ability to master everyday tasks. But depending on whether people are born deaf-blind or whether they become disabled in this way during their lifetime, technical devices and the development of tactile perception — for instance, by learning sign language — increases their participation in the world of the sighted and hearing.
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Oberlinhaus in Potsdam! Ich war seit 2004 nicht mehr dort.
@IngridHofmann-q9f
if you were born deaf and blind, you wouldn't even know that anyone else was different. you wouldn't even know what your existence even was.
@mischievousamoeba
God bless them in heaven they deserve all the love ❣️
@deathreflex
Quality of life is in the eyes of the beholder. For those who were not born deafblind but acquired it later in life, things are different because for some in that category, their enjoyment comes from seeing and or hearing. Some people adapt while others don't. For those who don't, a story like this or anything else found on line about deafblindness can be perceived as meaningless, imposing on them or insulting. Nothing wrong with this documentary. Simply pointing out another side to this.
@SB-jk1cq
Very interesting documentary. I was always very sad about disabled people, and still am, but this made me feel better to see how many things they can still do even with their disabilities. We should do more as a society for them.
@paifu.
I appreciate that Headmaster Charles Xavier decided to turned his mansion home into a school for the gifted
@jordiejordan8249
How could anyone find the reason for anything being born deaf a blind? Something so normal as getting a haircut would probably freak them out. I've always wondered what they see when they dream
@jordiejordan8249
Very difficult life but great to see good people doing things to help those in need.
@YummyFood454
Waking up one day like this would be my worst nightmare
@jordiejordan8249
IDK… sing language?? Lol
@FussionandKloie
The problem is that these new children are becoming intellectually disabled, unlike the blind-deaf children of the past and that's a huge warning sign, because it is an increasing problem and its not due to better diagnosis. This is a problem that needs to be resolved. If someone is blind and deaf and wishes to see or hear, though, despite having healthy and stable environments and love and contact with a supportive family and community, then that should be their right.
@EmilyGloeggler7984
@25:26 omg he gave her the ice cream he'd licked.
@mangkokhayon5039
Beautiful all of it 🌏✌❤
@alienabuser3693
Ohm my god .. dog help and bless them
@dksize
Fantastic Narrator – very informative video
@seymourcross3316
Wonderful! This is not far from where my grandmother was born in 1901. 🙂
@Sarah.Riedel
I'm german and I wanted to practise my english a bit and then that woman starts talking german! 😂
@alexanderzieschang2664
would you rather be deaf or blind?
@coach7344
There is such a glaring historical gap between the quaint vintage 1920s footage and the hip compassionate modern stuff. I'm very happy for the deaf blind community getting such great care today, but it makes me sad that the Oberlinhaus victims of Nazi atrocities are ignored.
@UATU.
Loved seeing one resident play the piano and another feel with his hands.
@rissehx3
This moment..when you watch a english doku, which take place in germany..and you speak german…but watch in english
@blackbloodyprince8262
So…Tonja has cerebreal palsy?
@AnnaWebb37
Closed captions is really bad.
@dinahestes5213
7:14 i hardly see the point in talking to her or playing the guitar to her because shes deaf
@woobyvr9654
uh.. why do humans do this to one another..
if you had family in a house and a missile blew up inside it, utterly obliterating the entire area. still you would venture to retrieve their remains. they were already gone, you're just gathering body parts better left to the coyotes..
these people should be given the option to die, instead of getting carted around and kept alive by sciences, ethnics, and law. in the real world before there were cities and life was easy, back when dinosaurs roamed and there was lawlessness, people like this would have died.
@thomasmorris2840
Do you think there are deaf, blind and paralysed from head down people?
@beany118118