. Histories of American schools for the deaf, 1817-1893 . l children make in infancy are properly fact that parents of deaf infants rarely discover the condition oftheir children until after the age when they would naturally use speechis strong proof of the absence of any apparent difference between themand hearing children. The voice of a deaf child in laughing or cryingis not unlike that of others ; and why should a mother think it knowsnothing of sound ? Miss Sarah Fuller, Principal of the Horace MannSchool for the Deaf, in Boston, has long believed that it is possible toteach
. Histories of American schools for the deaf, 1817-1893 . l children make in infancy are properly fact that parents of deaf infants rarely discover the condition oftheir children until after the age when they would naturally use speechis strong proof of the absence of any apparent difference between themand hearing children. The voice of a deaf child in laughing or cryingis not unlike that of others ; and why should a mother think it knowsnothing of sound ? Miss Sarah Fuller, Principal of the Horace MannSchool for the Deaf, in Boston, has long believed that it is possible toteach little deaf children to imitate speech by sight, as we ourselveslearned it from hearing, and her wish to open a Home School, wherelittle children whose parents have not time to instruct them could be re-ceived, has been most happily realized by the beneficence of Mrs. FrancisBrooks, of Boston. In response to an appeal from Mrs. Brooks, othergenerous friends contributed cordially to aid in establishing this the firstinfant school for the deaf in The Sarah Fuller Home. 9 The first pupil to be received was a baby boy, one would have said,so immature he seemed when he came from his home, which was poor,comfortless, and with little in it to stimulate thought. Soon his readyadoption of the new ways of life with us showed that he possessed avery observing mind. At table he imitated so carefully and unobtru-sively those about him that no one would have suspected he was not tothe manor born. A prouder child could not be found than my littleman when he comprehended that the six letters J-o-s-e-p-h representedhimself. He was somebody; he realized for the first time his own per-sonality. He was the nucleus around which others soon gathered andnow form a happy little family. One little girl, of unknown parentage,a little waif out of the everywhere into the here, is enjoying her firsttome. Clinging and affectionate, she shows a longing for the motherlove she never knew. I assiire y
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