The Age of Reform was time of change in the thought of the traditional ways because of the newly emerging industry and economy. This was a time that urged attempts at the perfection of human beings.
One of these attempts at perfection was the provision of care for mentally and physically ill people. Thomas H. Gallaudet started the first American school for the deaf in Connecticut. His son would later found the Columbian Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. Dr. Samuel Gridley Howe began a school for the blind and taught a twelve year old blind, deaf, and dumb girl to use sign language.
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