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In the case of blind persons, hearing and touch are very active and play an important role. Aniruddha's Bank for The Blind, conceptualized and operationalized by Shree Aniruddha Upasana Foundation, Mumbai, India, supports education for the blind in an affectionate and unique way. The bank records the study curriculum in 12 languages like ...
Samuel Gridley Howe (November 10, 1801 – January 9, 1876) [1] was an American physician, abolitionist, and advocate of education for the blind. He organized and was the first director of the Perkins Institution. In 1824, he had gone to Greece to serve in the revolution as a surgeon.
The Howe Building Tower from afar on the campus of the Perkins School for the Blind in Watertown, Massachusetts. Founded in 1829, Perkins was the first school for the blind established in the United States. [4] The school was originally named the New England Asylum for the Blind and was incorporated on March 2, 1829. The name was eventually ...
Laura Dewey Lynn Bridgman (December 21, 1829 – May 24, 1889) was the first deaf-blind American child to gain a significant education in the English language, forty-five years before the more famous Helen Keller; Bridgman’s friend Anne Sullivan became Helen Keller's aide.
The Oneida Institute of Science and Industry (founded 1827) was the first institution of higher education to routinely admit African-American men and provide mixed-race college-level education. [130] Oberlin College (founded 1833) was the first mainly white, degree-granting college to admit African-American students. [ 131 ]
NFB Youth Slam – This is a week-long program held in locations around the country designed to empower the blind youth of America to pursue an education in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM). Many schools around the country do not allow blind students to fully experience these subjects and Youth Slam gives them the opportunity ...
Mary Dranga Campbell (1867 – August 8, 1957), born Mary Ogden Dranga, was an American social worker, active in work on blindness prevention and rehabilitation. Early life and education [ edit ]
Schools for the blind in the United States (1 C, 52 P) Pages in category "Blindness in the United States" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.