[stylist] Famous people with Deafblindness | K12 Academics

[helene ryles]

John: I agree with you. I'd like to read your book when it's finished
if it is in an accessable format txt or doc file.

Do you know of any congenitally deafblind people who achieve anything?
I know a few in real life. So they exist. They are just not well
documented. I would be really interested in this as their are no
documents about such people. I have looked. I'm especially interested
as I want to include congenitally deafblind people in my novel.

Helene

On 01/04/2009, John Lee Clark <johnlee at clarktouch.com> wrote:
> This is not a very good list.  Some of them weren't famous at all, but
> merely well-referenced in case studies, which is a different thing.  And
> there are glaring omissions.
>
> You may be intrigued to know that the inventor of the modern adjustable
> swivel chair, the thermos to keep coffee warm, and a special gate design
> that is used in all of the horse farms in North America all were invented by
> a deafblind man.  He also invented a nifty embosser, called the diplograph,
> that could emboss THREE different types of raised letters--the Boston Type,
> the Moon, and Braille--not at the same time, but you just switch a lever and
> it will emboss the SAME text but in a different type without your having to
> typeset all over again.  He played a key role in advancing technology at the
> American Printing House for the Blind.  His name was James Morrison Heady,
> 1829-1915, and he wrote many books, including novels, biographies, and fine
> collections of poetry.
>
> He is one of the featured deafblind writers in the anthology I am working on
> of deafblind writers.  From the list you linked, my book also includes
> Richard Kinney, Robert J. Smithdas, and Hieronynus Lorm.  Though Georgia
> Griffith wrote a memoir, it wasn't good enough.  My book will not include
> Helen Keller at all.  I haven't decided yet, but it may include two poems by
> Laura Bridgman--which had no real literary merit, but expressed a most
> interesting perspective.
>
> The worst name on the list is James Mitchell.  He was just written ab out a
> lot, as an object of curiosity, but he did nothing much.  He ate, slept, and
> masturbated, and that was pretty much it.  But it is true that he was famous
> for a time.
>
> John
>
>
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>      The link in this message is to a list of famous deaf-blind persons.
> Enjoy!
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> Regards,
>
> Robert
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