The objectives we wanted to achieve in this project were numerous. The main objective was to train six deafblind persons from France, Belgium and The Netherlands on the Pro Tactile and Pro Tactile Theater. We also wanted to contribute to their empowerment and give them the opportunity to discover the theater community, unsufficiently known among them due to lack of accessibility and tailor-made communication tools. Moreover, thanks to this project we could boost their creativity and promote the development of their social skills. Finally, thanks to the dissemination of the project’s results, we could raise awareness to the wider public including deafblind people on the Pro Tactile and the Pro Tactile Theater.
We applied for this project because, excepted for the four representatives and trainers in this project, deafblind persons in Europe did not learn nor use the Pro Tactile language, a new language used in the United States, and the Pro Tactile Theater. However, this language provides a huge benefit to deafblind people as it empowers them and ensures their participation in the society as full citizens. The needs we addressed in this project are, thanks to the training on the Pro Tactile (Theater) and the Pro Tactile shows we organized, to contribute to the recognition of the unique disability of deafblind people and the asset they provide to the society as well as of their artistic skills with the aim of putting them an equal foot with others in our society.