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It's not hard to understand how a deaf person can think with pictures and abstractions. I'm not deaf but, since I was a child, I also thought with pictures and abstractions instead of words.
I was a strange kid who drew constantly on everything, but I often spoke non sequiturs or not at all. It was a struggle to communicate concrete thoughts using spoken language - even though I didn't have problems with grammar or reading. I just didn't relate to spoken word as I did with pictures and symbols. I still think with pictures, but have developed enough verbal skill to carry on a sensible conversation in public.
I have learned I was probably born with a form of "synesthesia." Numbers carried strong color associations for me, for example. I just learned to cope with it.
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