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Benefits of Using Social-Haptic Communication with Children and Young People who are Congenitally Deafblind

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Abstract

This contribution presents the benefits of using social-haptic communication with children and young people who are congenitally deafblind, an area with little research particularly in the UK. It describes some situations in which social-haptic signals can be used in schools and colleges to reduce their isolation and improve their participation


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Submitted: March 20, 2025 | Accepted: Nov. 15, 2025 | Published Feb. 2, 2026 | Language: en

Keywords Social-haptic communication • Young people • Congenital deafblindness • Children • School

Copyright © 2026 Heather Colson Osborne. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/979-12-5742-007-9/009


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