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Sense is the leading national charity that supports and campaigns for children and adults who are deafblind

Deafblind manual alphabet

Also known as finger-spelling, the Deafblind Manual Alphabet is a method of spelling out words onto a deafblind person's hand. Each letter is denoted by a particular sign or place on the hand.

Although it does take some time to learn, the manual alphabet is faster to use than block and more commonly used. The method of creating each letter is shown below:

Drawing of hands doing the deafblind manual alphabet

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