Charakterystyka twórczości głuchoniewidomych

Abstract

The deaf-blind, despite the simultaneous impairment of both the sense of sight and hearing, have an immense creative potential. Properly stimulated, they realize themselves in painting, sculpture, wickerworking as well as poetry and drama. People devoid of the possibility to experience speech through the sense of vision or hearing can rely only on the sense of touch. One of the main problems of rehabilitation of children who are deaf-blind since birth or from very early childhood is finding a proper way of opening them to the surrounding world. Art therapy is a priceless form of rehabilitation. It allows to establish a connection without superfluous words – through sculpture, drawing, painting, decorative art classes, wickerworking and weaving. The article presents some forms of rehabilitation through art which support the development of the deaf-blind in the course of their lives.