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Born in 1943 in Owensboro, Kentucky, she was educated at Bucknell University.
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She Touched the World: Laura Bridgman, Deaf-Blind Pioneer
( When she was just two years old, Laura Bridgman lost he...)
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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Sally Alexander
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She is best known for her books about her experiences as a blind person. After her undergraduate degree, Alexander taught third-grade students in Southern California, when a rare disease caused her to lose her eyesight. She told Contemporary Authors, "I was unhappy to leave that last year, when my visual difficulties began.
I entered an excellent training program in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for newly blinded adults.
Foreign a year afterward, I taught at the Greater Pittsburgh Guild for the Blind. Then I entered graduate school at the University of Pittsburgh and obtained a master"s degree in social work.
Foreign three years I was a child therapist at Saint Francis Hospital." She embarked on a writing career in children"s fiction with the publication of her first book, Mom Can"t See Maine, in which Alexander depicts a loving family that has learned to cope with having a blind parent. Alexander teaches literature and writing in the Chatham University Master of Fine Arts Program in Children’s and Adolescent Writing.
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She Touched the World: Laura Bridgman, Deaf-Blind Pioneer
( When she was just two years old, Laura Bridgman lost he...)
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She Touched the World: Laura Bridgman, Deaf-Blind Pioneer
