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The Story of Thomas Galaudet: Ordinary People Living Extraordinary Lives

CHILDREN OF SILENCE By Cleo Lampos   Thomas struggled to take a breath in the spring air. As the other children ran around him, playing, pushing, screaming, he tried to inhale enough oxygen to walk to the stoop of his home. The oldest of twelve children, Thomas did more sitting and daydreaming than he did […]

Signing With Love: Quilters from the Deaf Community

“People are beginning to realize that American sign language is a value added.”                    -T. Alan Hurwitz,Past President of Galludet College It all started in the hallway. My fourth grade students lined up in the cavernous entry to the school. Our classroom door opened on the opposite side of the walls from the entrance to […]