Jill Bolte Taylor had one the scariest things in life happen to her, a stroke. She explains her situations in, “A World without Words”. She is no longer able to speak or use any form of language, only able to think in pictures but not able to express her answers. She was able to connect her pictures to what anyone was trying to say. Language was no longer apart of her life for this short amount of time, as far as she was concerned …show more content…
Another situation where a man was born deaf, never talking or hearing his story in explained by Susan Toller in “Words that changed the World”. Il De Fonso on the other hand was born deaf, never learning what speaking or language was. He had always thought in pictures for his entire life. This is what he believed was the normal thing in life, never hearing a single word, just assuming you are acting out what something was. If he wanted to sit, he would demonstrate sitting. This is what Jill had to learn to do, show what she wanted.
Both experiences Jill and Il De Fonso had two different periods of their life. Jill was an enlightenment period for her to take a step back from life, and recap. While Fonso’s was a dark period of his life, he was never able to properly communicate with others because he was never taught what words were. Jill’s experience in this was an enlightenment moment for her. Her world was silent, the little voice in her head was gone. There was absolutely nothing in her head but pictures. She explained this was a slight relief, she wasn’t constantly thinking in the back of her head what was wrong, or …show more content…
Which is totally wrong, here in America people use American Sign Language (ASL), in Britain they use British Sign Language (BSL) to communicate. There are some differences, but with a little help you can figure out what deaf people are trying to say just by them using their hands to communicate with us. Many can create their own version of a language, by showing a sign, it may not even be a sign that has been “officially” said as a sign. Ann Senghas whiteness this herself when traveling. In “New Words, New Worlds” Senghas met kids who never knew each other made their own sign for what they were trying to say. If a child wanted a ball, they would make their own sign for it then show the sign to a friend who would show that same sign to another friend. By doing this they were able to make their own language to help communicate to each other. Within time the way these people sign has changed. More of the old signers in the world, or even in Senghas’s experience, did a total body movement to explain what they wanted to get across. Younger or newer signers did most of their signing in their hands or arms, but still were using a little bit of a facial expression. Within time the signing has changed drastically. Going from an entire body experience to just a simple hand movement. Senghas has experienced the fact that we do not need words to express what we want. We can use our hands or