tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19489700.post7528641211162303688..comments2023-07-04T12:07:20.894-04:00Comments on TT&TOT: Eye Opening BooksIrishcodahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14202666062612276655noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19489700.post-10710066818014695112009-06-29T22:38:35.805-04:002009-06-29T22:38:35.805-04:00Alexander Bell (the telephone man) had some odd id...Alexander Bell (the telephone man) had some odd ideas about training deaf people. He used his father's system Visible Speech where "each phonetic symbol indicated a definite position of the organs of speech such as lips, tongue, and soft palate and could be used by the deaf to imitate the sounds of speech in the usual way." Britannica which was great but he HATED sign language. Weird huh?Ellen Whytehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10036407326752053191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19489700.post-56554824136393055012009-06-29T19:37:56.276-04:002009-06-29T19:37:56.276-04:00It is horrible what people have gone thru just bec...It is horrible what people have gone thru just because of their race, sexual preferences, religion, and physical. I am hard of hearing almost profound deafness. I remember being denied a job at McDonalds because of it. Yes I know that is the reason because I was told so. After a few heart brreaking moments like that I stopped letting anybody know I could not hear them. I think because of my problem I was more open to the problems others had.<br />What you said about your parents reminded me of an article I reaxd somewhere about having deaf parents that were bigots towards other races, people of hearing, etc.Celestehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02185860853151726676noreply@blogger.com