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Touch Glossary

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H Back to Top Hand-under-hand: A technique used to guide an individual's hands in which the guide lightly places his/her hands under the individual's hands.
K Back to Top Kinesthetic: A sense mediated by end organs located in muscles, tendons, and joints and stimulated by bodily movements and tensions. A sensory experience derived from this sense.
L Back to Top Little Room: Small environment that contains consistently placed objects, which helps an infant who is deafblind to reach out and explore.
M Back to Top Memory Box: Box or container that holds objects, etc. that are related to an individual's past experiences; the objects help the individual remember and talk about those experiences.
Mutual Tactile Attention: Touching along with an individual who is deafblind in a way that lets him/her know the tactile experience is a shared one.
O Back to Top Object Schedule: Book, binder, etc. that contains representative objects that help an individual know what activity he/she will be participating in next.
P Back to Top Proprioceptive: Awareness of body movement, positions, and directions.
T Back to Top Tactile: Pertaining to the sense of touch.
Tactile Sensitivity: Condition of being sensitive to touch; common among children who are deafblind.
Touch: Special sense by which pressure or traction exerted on the skin is perceived (Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary). Probably the most important sense to an individual with deafblindness; may include use of feet, arms, legs, hands, back, stomach, etc.

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