Bell telephone magazine (1922) (14568666777)

Identifier: belltelephonemag00vol2930amerrich (find matches)

Title: Bell telephone magazine

Year: 1922 (1920s)

Authors: American Telephone and Telegraph Company American Telephone and Telegraph Company. Information Dept

Subjects: Telephone

Publisher: (New York, American Telephone and Telegraph Co., etc.)

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ins home. In a number of instances, the serv-ice has been provided to shut-inyoungsters who have been regularlyleft alone, day after day, becauseboth parents have had to be away atwork. Even though they can getaround enough to take care of theirneeds, even though a visiting teacherbrings instruction several times aweek, loneliness and boredom havebeen their steady diet. To suchyoungsters, the door opened by themagic box has made available a price-less treasure, and hours go by likeminutes and days like hours. Andthey dread holidays and vacations asmuch as non-handicapped childrenlook forward to them, for then theircontacts with the outside world dis-appear, and they count the days untilschool opens once again. Then there is another group towhom the school-to-home service is aboon and blessing: the temporarilyhandicapped, those who have sufferedfrom some accident or sickness fromwhich they will recover. Within sixmonths, a year, two years, they willbe back again with their schoolmates.

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Recovering from polio, this lad keeps up with his studieswhile he awaits recovery to return to school What does this service mean tothese youngsters? Without the service, a bond isbroken. Schoolmates lose sight ofJimmy or Joan. In some cases,where home teaching is not provided,education stops. With the service,there is practically no interruption.They continue with their regularclasswork, they hear familiar voicesand remain a part of their classes,and they are not forgotten. Whenthey return, it is almost as if they hadnever left. They continue with theirown age group and take their placeonce again at a desk in the classroom. These are but a few examples ofwhat the service means to the handi-capped. The advantages of belong-ing and being an active member ofthe class would justify its provision,even if little educational benefit werederived. Yet as an educational me-dium, the reports so far indicate, ithas been extremely successful. InIowa alone, approximately 1,000 chil-dren have recei

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