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Louis Braille was like many little boys, he loved spending time with his father. Simon-Rene Braille ran a successful harness shop in the French countryside, and little Louis loved pretending to use Father’s tools until one day an accident with a stitching awl robbed the little one of his sight. ...

It was likely scarlet fever that brought Anne Mansfield Sullivan into Helen Keller’s life. Helen was a perfectly healthy baby from her birth in 1880 until her nineteenth month, when she contracted the grave illness that would steal her sight and hearing away. By age 7, Helen was quite wild ...

Parents around the globe are campaigning for a line of dolls that reflect the 150 million children who live with a disability.[1] The movement is called a “Toy Like Me” campaign and has created quite the buzz on social media outlets. Put a trio of determined moms in a room ...

Schools are made up of many rooms.  There are classrooms, lecture halls, study halls, activity rooms, meeting rooms, gymnasiums, cafeterias, music rooms, drama centers …  There are also work rooms, both for teachers and for the field of study classes, such as wood shop, or home economics.  Science has its ...

Ancient legends over four thousand years old tell of a mythical dragon warring against good.  The legends say the sea-dwelling beast, named from the Biblical creature, Leviathan, must be conquered for God to create or sustain life.  Legendarily, the dragon embodies the concept of rejecting divine authority.  Various Scriptural accounts ...