I never knew my father nearly as well as I would have liked because he worked almost all the time. So I went searching for him, chasing his ghost.
ran a photo of him, titled “Youthful Traveler,” in 1938. “And a youthful traveler, indeed, is Irwin Lee Brody,” the caption read. “Irwin, who is seven, returned to his Newark home last night from St. Louis — alone, marking the fifth time he has made a solo journey either to or from the mid-western city. He attends a private school there.”
Don’t miss an issue of our Opinion newsletter! Get it delivered each Wednesday right into your inbox by adding your email below and hitting"subscribe."Over the course of two hours, I saw teachers, specially trained and certified to teach deaf children, perform miracles major and minor. Throughout, the teachers said “good job” and offered high fives.
He also wore headphones connected to an “amplification box” and watched a teacher speak into a microphone, the better to observe how certain sounds corresponded with how her mouth moved. My father paid close attention to his teachers and studied hard. He learned to listen, read and speak, all without sign language.
My dad died in 1997. The Stevens Institute of Technology held a memorial tribute in his honor that drew 500 people. Every two years,gives an individual the I. Lee Brody Lifetime Achievement Award.
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