The Integration of Social-Haptic Communication in Deafblind Interpreting and Educational Settings

<jats:p>This volume presents a collection of papers on social-haptic communication (SHC) from the first international conference on SHC held in Venice on September 4-5, 2023. SHC consists of brief touch messages (haptices or haptic signals) performed on the body of the deafblind person to convey environmental information, often in combination with other communication modes (tactile or visual sign language, Malossi, etc.). The volume presents the development and use of SHC in different countries, and the integration of SHC in deafblind interpreting settings and educational contexts. It will be very valuable for professionals in those countries, such as Italy, where SHC was introduced only recently.</jats:p>