Photo Stories: • Seattle's Deaf-Blind Community: Deaf-Blind-02T-Jenne

A local volunteer speaks with Polly Mansfield using tactual American Sign Language during a boat trip for deaf-blind people on the Puget Sound. Deaf-blind people around the world speak various sign languages through fingertips into the palms of the receiver’s hands. As a child, Mansfield met Helen Keller, who helped her attend Perkins School for the Blind in Massachusetts, Keller's alma mater.

A local volunteer speaks with Polly Mansfield using tactual American Sign Language during a boat trip for deaf-blind people on the Puget Sound. Deaf-blind people around the world speak various sign languages through fingertips into the palms of the receiver’s hands. As a child, Mansfield met Helen Keller, who helped her attend Perkins School for the Blind in Massachusetts, Keller's alma mater.