<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div><br><br>Sent from my iPad</div><div><br>Begin forwarded message:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><b>From:</b> cs4db <<a href="mailto:cs4db@att.net">cs4db@ATT.NET</a>><br><b>Date:</b> May 31, 2016 at 7:54:35 PM CDT<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:DBACTION@community.lsoft.com">DBACTION@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM</a><br><b>Subject:</b> <b>[DBAction] ProTactile Movement Press Release at White House</b><br><b>Reply-To:</b> Deaf-Blind Citizens for Political Action <<a href="mailto:DBACTION@community.lsoft.com">DBACTION@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM</a>><br><br></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>Press Release </span><br><span></span><br><span>CS </span><br><span></span><br><span>----- </span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>Here is the press release on the PT movement.</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>“Gallaudet University’s Tactile Mind to present at White House”</span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>On Thursday, June 2nd, Dr. Clifton Langdon, Assistant Professor (PhD in Educational Neuroscience Program) and Jelica Nuccio, MPH, Founder of Tactile Communications will be going to the White House to represent Gallaudet University and the Tactile Mind at an event co-hosted by Stanford Medicine X on partnerships in research. The Tactile Mind, headquartered at Gallaudet, is a network of scientists, scholars, and community leaders who have been drawn together by a mutual interest in the protactile movement. The protactile movement is based on the idea that all human activity can be realized via touch—that hearing and vision are not necessary for such things as navigation, social interaction, and communication. As a result of this movement, new communities have begun to form; new norms, values, and practices are being established; and a new tactile language is emerging. At the White House, Langdon and Nuccio will share these exciting developments with students, entrepreneurs, educators, policy makers, government officials, publishers, and researchers. They will be highlighting the value of collaborations between DeafBlind and sighted researchers in creating new knowledge in many different fields.</span><br><span></span><br><span>-- </span><br><span></span><br><span></span><br><span>***********************************************</span><br><span>------------------------------------------------------</span><br><span>To leave DBAction, send a blank message to:</span><br><span><a href="mailto:DBACTION-SIGNOFF-REQUEST@community.lsoft.com">DBACTION-SIGNOFF-REQUEST@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM</a></span><br><span>To subscribe, send a blank message to:</span><br><span><a href="mailto:DBACTION-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@community.lsoft.com">DBACTION-SUBSCRIBE-REQUEST@COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM</a></span><br><span>Archives: <a href="http://community.lsoft.com/archives/DBACTION.html">http://COMMUNITY.LSOFT.COM/archives/DBACTION.html</a></span><br><span>Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Please contact:</span><br><span>List Owner: Melly Bond at <a href="mailto:ipo56@aol.com">ipo56@aol.com</a></span><br><span>Moderators:</span><br><span>Melly Bond "List Owner" at <a href="mailto:ipo56@aol.com">ipo56@aol.com</a></span><br><span>Timothy Jackson at <a href="mailto:TJJHULK24@gmail.com">TJJHULK24@gmail.com</a></span><br><span>Mike Walton at <a href="mailto:muddypaws@toast.net">muddypaws@toast.net</a></span><br><span>------------------------------------------------------</span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>