How does this work? I can’t really comprehend how they would be able to know what letters they are writing and how they formulate words. I understand how if you only have one of the 2, it makes it more easy to be able to still get the skills needed, but what if you have both? How’s it done?
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They start with a sense they do have, usually touch, and associate specific touches with meanings. Then they can build a repertoire of signs to build up to the same level of complex ideas as anyone else. Braille is touch based so this can be taught in the same way anyone learns reading and writing after already knowing how to speak a language. Writing in Braille can be done using a stylus and a template or with more technological machines.
Written language, whether visual or touch based is still the same concept. These symbols mean the same things as the words you already know. Letters are arbitrary; they’re just symbols. Once you understand how symbols work, humans are very adept at using all different kinds of them.
For deaf people learning how to speak generally involves working with a hearing person who can help them physically adjust what they’re doing to make the sounds, even though they can’t hear them.
(I am not deaf or blind myself, so anyone who knows more, please feel free to correct anything I’ve not explained properly.)
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