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Lighthouse Guild is an American charitable organization, based in New York City, devoted to vision rehabilitation and advocacy for the blind. Its mission statement is "To overcome vision impairment for people of all ages through worldwide leadership in rehabilitation services, education, research, prevention and advocacy."
Blind since infancy, she entered the institute in 1835, at age 14. She was a student for 9 years, then a teacher from September 1847 to March 1858. [6] Grover Cleveland and his brother William came to be employed at the school in 1853 and 1854, during the years Crosby was teaching. At that time there were about 116 pupils, ranging in age from 8 ...
Looking west across West 20th St at Heiskell Library for the Blind on a cloudy morning. The Andrew Heiskell Braille and Talking Book Library, also known as the Heiskell Library and formerly as the Andrew Heiskell Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped and the New York Free Circulating Library for the Blind is a branch of New York Public Library (NYPL) on West 20th Street in the ...
USABA has reached over 100,000 blind individuals, and have over 3,000 current members who compete in thirteen sports, most prominently goalball. The USABA National Goalball Qualifier took place from June 21-23 at the Haddon Heights Community Center in Haddon Heights, New Jersey. The tournament saw an intense competition with a total of 21 teams ...
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New York State School for the Blind (NYSSB, Braille: ⠝⠽⠎⠎⠃) is a public boarding K-12 school for blind students in Batavia, New York. It is operated by the State of New York. It was established from a bill passed into law by the New York State Legislature on April 27, 1865. Construction began in February 1866 and the building began ...
Helen Keller Day is a commemorative holiday to celebrate the birth of Helen Keller, observed on June 27 annually.The holiday observance was created by presidential proclamation in 2006 as well as by international organizations, particularly those helping the blind and the deaf.