deaf history Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/deaf-history/ Everything about the Deaf Community! Wed, 20 Nov 2019 04:27:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8 https://deafniche.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/cropped-logo_gigantic_png-32x32.png deaf history Archives - DeafNiche https://deafniche.com/tag/deaf-history/ 32 32 Did You Know How Deaf Smith County in Texas Come to Be? https://deafniche.com/did-you-know-how-did-deaf-smith-county-in-texas-come-to-be/ Mon, 22 Jan 2018 00:06:18 +0000 http://deafniche.com/?p=10215 What? There’s a county in the United States named after a deaf person? That’s the first thought most of us have upon finding out the existence of Deaf Smith County, Texas. Deaf Smith County is indeed named after a deaf soldier by the name of Erastus “Deaf” Smith-pronounced as “Dif” Smith! He was the first […]

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]]> The Amazing Story of Helen Keller’s Success Before She Was Born https://deafniche.com/the-amazing-story-of-helen-kellers-success-before-she-was-born/ Fri, 22 Sep 2017 23:54:13 +0000 http://deafniche.com/?p=10167 An American author, lecturer and political activists – Helen Adam Keller is a great example of advocacy and dynamism for all the people with various disabilities. She was born on June 27, 1880, in Tuscumbia, Alabama, United States. She proved to the world that deaf-blind people can also gain an education – a definition of […]

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