TY  - BOOK
AU  - Clark,John Lee
TI  - Touch the future: a manifesto in essays 
SN  - 9781324035367
PY  - 2023///]
CY  - New York, NY
PB  - W.W. Norton and Company
KW  - Clark, John Lee,
KW  - Deafblind people
KW  - Means of communication
KW  - Essays
KW  - lcgft
KW  - Autobiographies
N1  - By way of a dedication --; Part one; Knowing and being known; Against access; Always be connected; The view where I write; Metatactile knowledge --; Part two; Forever and fluently fumbling; Distantism; DeafBlind: a brief history of our name; Co-navigation --; Of masks and blindfolds --; Part three; A different center of gravity; The texture of virtual touch; Tactile art; No stage; My dream house --; Part four; How it feels to us; A fable; Reading environments; Throw out the table
N2  - In a series of paradigm-shifting essays, Clark reports on seismic developments within the DeafBlind community and challenges the limitations of sighted and hearing norms. In "Against Access," he interrogates the prevailing advocacy for "accessibility" that re-creates a shadow of a hearing-sighted experience, and in "Tactile Art," he describes his relationship to visual art and breathtaking encounters with tactile sculpture. He offers a brief history of the term "DeafBlind," distills societal discrimination against DeafBlind people into "Distantism," sheds light on the riches of online community, and advocates for "Co-Navigation," a new way of exploring the world together without a traditional guide.--
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