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When she was just two years old, Laura Bridgman lost her sight, her hearing, and most of her senses of smell and taste. At the time, no one believed a child with such severe disabilities could be taught to communicate, much less lead a full and productive life. But then a progressive doctor, who had just opened the country's first school for the blind in Boston, took her in. Laura learned to communicate, read, and write—and eventually even to teach. By the age of 12, she was world famous.
Audiences flocked to see her, and she was loved and admired by children everywhere. This fascinating and moving biography shows how Laura Bridgman paved the way for future generations of children with disabilities, making possible important advances in the way they would be educated. As a blind person with some hearing loss, Sally Hobart Alexander lends a unique and intimate perspective to this inspiring account. At last, the story of Laura Bridgman can find its long-deserved place alongside those of Louis Braille and Helen Keller.
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Mathew Heydenreich
reviewed She Touched the World: Laura Bridgman, Deaf-Blind Pioneer on March 30, 2013
She Touched the World: Laura Bridgman, Deaf-Blind Pioneer
This was a pretty amazing biography about Laura Bridgman. At 2-yrs-old, Laura lost her sight, hearing, taste, and smell due to Scarlet Fever. A doctor in Massachusetts (Samuel Howe) heard about her and convinced her parents to let Laura live with him on the East Coast so he could teach her. Laura was really very smart and was easy to teach and Howe was able to show the world that people with disabilities were able to learn and live productive lives just like non-disabled people. Really, his work was ground-breaking at that time. And Laura was famous! Many people were inspired by Laura including Charles Darwin, Charles Dickens, and Nathaniel Hawthorne. Charles Darwin observed Laura signing while dreaming which he believed proved his theory that language is necessary for thought (interesting!!??). Laura lived well before Helen Keller and actually taught Helen's teacher, Ann Sullivan, how to fingerspell. She was an amazing person who overcame amazing adversity and lived by the motto: "Obstacles are things to be overcome"
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