I’ve often wondered what it would be like to be deafblind. Not in a perverse, gosh-how-bizarre way, but more to discover how someone copes without two of the senses we so often take for granted. To think that communication would be tactile only, and that so much of your worldly experience would be defined by touch, taste and smell, is mind-boggling to comprehend. So I set out to find a little bit more, and I happened across this blog entry across at the BBC Ouch! page, written by a deafblind girl, Liz Ball.

Many people think I’m crazy. You’ll understand why if I tell you that sometimes when I’m travelling I want to hug complete strangers. Truly, I do, the urge to fling my arms around them is almost irresistible. – Liz Ball

Click here to read more of Liz’s fascinating article on life as a deafblind individual.