{"product_id":"touch-the-future-a-manifesto-in-essays-hardcover","title":"Touch the Future: A Manifesto in Essays - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Lee Clark\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn Deaf into an ASL-speaking family and blind by adolescence, John Lee Clark learned to embrace the possibilities of his tactile world. He is on the frontlines of the Protactile movement, which gave birth to an unprecedented language and way of life based on physical connection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a series of paradigm-shifting essays, Clark reports on seismic developments within the DeafBlind community and challenges the limitations of sighted and hearing norms. In \"Against Access,\" he interrogates the prevailing advocacy for \"accessibility\" that re-creates a shadow of a hearing-sighted experience, and in \"Tactile Art,\" he describes his relationship to visual art and breathtaking encounters with tactile sculpture. He offers a brief history of the term \"DeafBlind,\" distills societal discrimination against DeafBlind people into \"Distantism,\" sheds light on the riches of online community, and advocates for \"Co-Navigation,\" a new way of exploring the world together without a traditional guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eTouch the Future\u003c\/em\u003e brims with passion, energy, humor, and imagination as Clark takes us by the hand and welcomes us into the exciting landscape of Protactile communication. A distinct language of taps, signs, and reciprocal contact, Protactile emerged from the inadequacies of ASL--a visual language even when pressed into someone's hand--with the power to upend centuries of DeafBlind isolation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs warm and witty as he is radical and inspiring, Clark encourages us--disabled and non-disabled alike--to reject stigma and discover the ways we are connected. \u003cem\u003eTouch the Future\u003c\/em\u003e is a dynamic appeal to rethink the meanings of disability, access, language, and inclusivity, and to reach for a future we can create together.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003ePraise for John Lee Clark\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"There is simply no one else like John Lee Clark and I envy the readers who discover him for the first time.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Ilya Kaminsky, author of \u003cem\u003eDeaf Republic\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"[John Lee] Clark's writing is full of humor and life.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e-- Andrew Leland, \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker Radio Hour\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.57 x 8.74 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 17, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52466204442931,"sku":"9781324035367","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ftmVyB9G0O9781324035367.webp?v=1759312455","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/touch-the-future-a-manifesto-in-essays-hardcover","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}