[Nfb-history] {Disarmed} FW: Tommy Stringer

Thu Jun 11 15:43:30 UTC 2015

hello nfb history. is this list about the history about NFB? if yes is
the answer! why is it egziztent?

On 6/11/15, Robert Jaquiss via Nfb-history <nfb-history at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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>      This list has been too quiet. I saw this posting from Perkins and
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> From: Perkins History & Happenings [mailto:SupportPerkins at Perkins.org]
> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2015 8:00 AM
> To: rjaquiss at earthlink.net
> Subject: Tommy Stringer
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> Fun Fact: Perkins student, Laura Bridgman, was the first person with
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> History & Happenings
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> Tommy Stringer
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> As a child  <http://support.perkins.org/site/R?i=eJ-p9jdiGLDu3fLXnoHV7A>
> Helen Keller (1880-1968) entered the public imagination as a champion for
> those who were blind or deafblind through her efforts to aid a poor,
> deafblind boy from Pennsylvania.
> <http://support.perkins.org/site/R?i=aOwymiMVLRMTq_-t3CBSYA> Thomas (Tommy)
> Stringer was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania on July 3, 1886. A bout
> with spinal meningitis as an infant left him deafblind. With his mother
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> and his father unable to care for him, it seemed that Tommy was destined
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> one of Pennsylvania's many almshouses where, according to
> <http://support.perkins.org/site/R?i=Fxn6InzRnGVFk_RP7svYEQ> Perkins' 1895
> Annual Report, "he would no doubt have dragged out a miserable existence to
> the end of his days."
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> When she was ten years old, Keller learned of Tommy's situation and became
> intent on helping him. She solicited the help of donors to establish a fund
> for Tommy, which paid for his education and supported him after he
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> from Perkins School for the Blind, then known as the Perkins Institution
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> the Blind. Tommy's fellow deafblind classmates at Perkins included
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> <http://support.perkins.org/site/R?i=vHp2kVoFSsS319yS2Jg2Dg> Willie
> Elizabeth Robin and Keller herself.
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> Having spent his early years confined to a bed, Tommy was extremely feeble
> when he arrived at Perkins School for the Blind in 1891. With support from
> teachers, staff and his fellow Perkins students, Tommy grew into an
> extremely active child interested in mathematics, construction and
> engineering. Here he demonstrates his sawing technique in an undated studio
> portrait.
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> Though his academic achievements were considered modest, Tommy had an
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> and inquisitive mind. He was especially skilled at woodworking, learned to
> communicate with the manual alphabet and achieved limited speech while at
> Perkins. In 1900, at age 13, Tommy began attending a public grammar school
> in Roxbury, Massachusetts where he learned alongside other sixth grade
> students. He also spent many summers on a farm in Wrentham, Massachusetts
> where, among other activities, he built railings and plucked chickens.
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> leaving Perkins in 1913, Tommy went to live with his guardian, Mr. Lee
> Edgarton, in Fulton, New York where he earned money making vegetable crates
> for local farmers. Tommy Stringer died on October 11, 1945 at the age of
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> The legacies of Helen Keller and Tommy Stringer live on in
> <http://support.perkins.org/site/R?i=2txPj_BvmJEVRvUrpGQNyw> Perkins'
> Deafblind Program, which serves students age 3 to 22 who are deafblind or
> deaf with additional disabilities by taking a developmental approach to
> language, communication and curriculum. This program continues to be one of
> the few worldwide dedicated specifically to working with students with
> deafblindness.
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>  <http://support.perkins.org/site/R?i=a9RTPjmtbQZ49QokLEn4Ng> View Tommy
> Stringer Photographs on FlickrView Tommy Stringer Photos
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> Artistic Vision
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> Then & Now
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> On the left,In the top image, a needlework page from a
> <http://support.perkins.org/site/R?i=dXRRQnApBGi3F_TF11G2qg> bound volume
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> letters, writings, origami and sewing crafts completed by Tommy Stringer
> between 1896 and 1897. In addition to origami and sewing, Tommy was also an
> exceptional woodworker-skills he learned as part of the sloyd curriculum
> then taught at Perkins.
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> On the right,In the bottom image, Perkins alumna,
> <http://support.perkins.org/site/R?i=SOmlHHAo0tVrW2Q-oAoLsQ> Amy Caliri,
> works in a studio creating a needlepoint artwork. Caliri, who is deaf with
> impaired vision, first came to Perkins School for the Blind as a
> preschooler, and then returned as a residential high school student. Today
> Caliri, 38, works in
> <http://support.perkins.org/site/R?i=hN-YpQkSxPrVK5itZXMyzA> Gateway Arts
> studio five days a week. A successful artist, Caliri is known and respected
> by collectors who buy her paintings and needlework for as much as $900.
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the love of god shine through you. speaking of you. You will never
become hoo you want to bee if you keep blameing every one elce  for
hoo you are now!
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