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February 11
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- 1974 - The first state-wide telecommunications relay service began in Connecticut by Converse Communication Corporation.[1]
Births
- 1847 - Thomas Alva Edison, inventor of the electric lamp. Today, touch and voice-activated switches and environmental controls allow people with disabilities to control lights. [2] [3]
- 1939 - American author, Jane Yolen, is born. Yolen wrote many books featuring characters who overcome the difficulties caused by their disabilities including the Christopher Medal award-winning book, The Seeing Stick, a book about a blind Chinese girl who learns to see with her fingers.[4]
References
- ↑ "Converse Communication Corporation." relayconnecticut.com. Accessed on May 21, 2008.
- ↑ Thomas Alva Edison. National Inventors Hall of Fame. Accesses March 7, 2008.
- ↑ Electric Lamp. U.S. Patent #223,898. January 27, 1880.
- ↑ http://www.janeyolen.com/janeawards.html
