Perkins School for the Blind
Carmela Otero
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Carmela with Tabletop Loom
Carmela Otero of Newark, New Jersey was a student in the Deaf-Blind Program at Perkins in the 1930s. Carmela arrived at Perkins at age six and developed a vocabulary of 402 words in two years time. She became a proficient user of the Tadoma method, and also used her voice and speech to communicate. Her teachers include Miss Keyes.
She is shown here in various activities at Perkins School for the Blind, including reading and writing Braille, using Tadoma and tactile sign language, and playing with other children.
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More information about deafblind education is available on the Perkins History Museum section of perkins.org.
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She is shown here in various activities at Perkins School for the Blind, including reading and writing Braille, using Tadoma and tactile sign language, and playing with other children.
Additional Information:
More information about deafblind education is available on the Perkins History Museum section of perkins.org.
Visit perkins.org/archives for more information about the Perkins Archives.
Rights and Permissions: Use of the images from the collection of Perkins School for the Blind requires written permission. For more information, please visit perkins.org/image-licensing or contact the Archivist at archives@perkins.org