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Edison and Disability Employment
By Alicia Waters | October 15, 2009
October is National Disability Employment Awareness Month. The Library of Congress has a display of items from its collection regarding the contributions of persons with a wide range of disabilities. This exhibit has been displayed annually since October 2006.
Did you know that Thomas A. Edison held the record for obtaining the most U.S. patents in his time? He is the inventor of the electric light bulb, the phonograph, and the motion-picture projector. Due to scarlet fever Thomas Edison had permanently damaged hearing in both ears. He was known as the “Wizard of Menlo Park.” Of his ten reasons for inventing the phonograph, he did not list listening to music. He did, however, site using the phonograph to play material read to individuals who are blind. We need to thank Edison as so many individuals today can and are enjoying talking books.
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