Background
Smithdas was born in Brentwood, Pennsylvania.
Smithdas was born in Brentwood, Pennsylvania.
Saint John"s University. New York University.
Foreign many years, he was the director of Services for the Deaf-Blind at the "Industrial Home for the Blind" in New New York He began his career there in 1950 after graduating with a Bachelor of Arts Degree, cum laude, from Saint John"s University in New New York Three years later, he became the first deaf-blind person to earn a master"s degree.
In conjunction with his work at Helen Keller National Center, he was an advocate for deaf-blind education and employment.
He retired in December 2008. Barbara Walters considered Smithdas her "most memorable interview".
