Description:
Text transcribed from caption: C-30897 ELECTRONICS HELP THE HANDICAPPED
PITTSBURGH -- Tape rec orders, hearing aids and other electronic equipment
are used extensively by Sisters of Charity and lay teachers in educating
handicapped students at the De Paul Institute in Pittsburg. Five hundred
students, from 2 to 18 years of age, are either partially or wholly blind or
deaf or have serious speech defects. In this photo Sister Angelica cuts a
lacquer record as Tommy Burgunder, 12, follows the recording playing by a
tape cartridge recorder against the text in his Braille text book. “Our
students like to make recordings in class,” the nun says, “and the
enjoyment they derive acts as a powerful incentive to learning.” The school
charges no tuition and accepts students regardless of race or religion.
Credit Must Read: RELIGIOUS NEWS SERVICE PHOTO (CBA-NY-4D-64-NAB)
Creator:
Carl Byoir & Associates. (publisher)
Subject names:
Religious News Service--Archives., Burgunder, Tommy., DePaul Institute (Pittsburgh, Pa.), Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill (Greensburg, Pa.)
Topics:
Church work with people with disabilities--Catholic Church., Children with disabilities--Education--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Nuns as teachers--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Self-help devices for people with disabilities--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Children with visual disabilities--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh., Blind--Books and reading--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
Geographic subjects:
Pittsburgh (Pa.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:348402
