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Innovator Thomas Gallaudet Show Us A Sign: His dedication helped standardize deaf communication.(LEADERS & SUCCESS)
Byline: SEAN HIGGINS
Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet couldn't take his eyes away from young Alice Cogswell when he first saw her in Hartford, Conn.
As other children played happily together on that bright summer's morning in 1814, the 9-year-old girl stood quietly alone, watching.
Gallaudet, visiting his parents, soon learned from the other children why she remained by herself: Alice was deaf. A bout of scarlet fever had robbed her of hearing years ago, and the loss left her with few communication skills. Alice's future looked grim -- there was no known way in the U.S. at the time to teach deaf children. Many doubted it was even possible.
Gallaudet (1787-1851) refused to believe that Alice couldn't learn. He impulsively decided that morning that he'd try to teach her some way to communicate.
He drew the word "hat" in big letters on the ground with a twig. He pointed it to out to Alice, then pointed to her hat. He did it again and again until he saw understanding on in her face. She'd made the connection. He then taught her a second word, "Alice." She eagerly ran to her father, Dr. Mason Cogswell, and showed him the two new words she'd mastered.
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