I knew this had to exist out there somewhere!!! Little House on the Prairie always highlights characters who aren't typical "Walnut Grove" type people such as a Jewish man, an obese boy, a Blind woman and a German family who can't speak, read or write English. I always find myself yelling "they can't say that on TV!!!" whenever these type of episodes come on because the ignorance is truly "ye' old Oregon-trail" 1800's style, full-on ignorance.
However, that being said, I knew there HAD to be at least one episode where they feature a Deaf character and lo' and behold.... Get excited... I found it!!
The Deaf character, Daniel, is played by an actor named Alban Branton who, from what I researched, is in fact a Deaf actor (kudos to Little House for hiring a Deaf person as opposed to hiring a hearing one trying to play the part). He arrives in Walnut Grove "languageless" and Laura Ingalls takes it on herself to teach him his first signs (paternalistic, yes I know, but it was the 1800's!!!); anyways, it's actually a very sweet plot, fellow terps and fellow non-terps, enjoy!
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