1829-1889

Chronicles the life of Laura Bridgman, who, at the age of five, became both deaf and blind, and recounts how she learned to communicate with the world around her and became one of the most famous people in the world.

Discusses how Laura Bridgeman learned language in the mid-nineteenth century, despite the fact that she was both deaf and blind.

Tells the story of Laura Bridgman, blind and deaf since infancy, who was successfully taught communication skills at the Perkins Institute almost 50 years before Helen Keller.