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Yes: Closed fist moving in a nodding motion up and down

Uneven sufrace: Fingertips on upper hand moving up and down randomly to indicate uneven surface.

'I am here’: the communicator touching the person with DSI on the shoulder.

Shock and Yawn: the communicator starts with all fingertips together on the upper arm then drags them open. This is like an open mouth in shock or awe.

Sad: an upside-down smile is drawn

Blood pressure check (and also observations): Use hand to form a ‘cuff’ around the upper arm (in the manner of a blood pressure cuff) and squeeze gently.

No: Closed fist moving in a shaking motion left-right-left-right

Tablets to take: the communicator uses thumb and forefinger to make a pecking motion on the palm of the person with DSI’s hand. This simulates the picking up of pills or tablets and swallowing them.

Maybe: closed fist with only thumb and little finger extended. This can be done in space, on a shoulder, arm or hand

Leaving: the communicator makes a claw handshape on the upper arm of the person with DSI that moves inwards as in a pinching motion and then away from the body means I am leaving

Leaving the space: the communicator can use the flat hand moving (stroking) cross the person's back moving to the direction of leaving

Laughing: by using the hand as though it is clutching a ball moving on and off the upper arm of the person with DSI signifies laughter.

Pain and where on the body: Claw handshape on the part of the body. A doctor might press a clawed hand on the abdomen and then draw a question mark on the upper arm. This would signify asking: do you have pain here?

Question or unsure: draw a question mark on the upper arm

Are you ok?: 1. Thumbs up and grab the thumb or 2. Smiling emotion haptice on the upper arm with a question mark drawn on the upper arm. You can also just draw a question mark on the upper arm

Injection: lightly grasp/pinch with thumb and index finger the webbing between the person’s thumb and forefinger. Then move finger to the part of the body where the needle will go

Happy smile: drawing a smile on the upper arm of the person with DSI.

Escalator: Make a chopping motion on the arm or hand followed by moving the hand/arm downwards or upwards to the indicated direction of travel.

Emergency: Draw a large “X” on the person's back using the palm or blade of the hand or finger. This means: there is an emergency come with me immediately and I will explain later.

Indicating where the person with DSI is sitting.

Tears/Crying: using a fingertip to mark out the tracks of tears falling on the upper arm

Indicating others’ locations at the table.

Doctor/nurse: Use the fingertip of the index finger and draw a medical cross on the upper arm or hand.

Drawing what is on the dinner plate