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2. Ohio State School for the Blind - Wikipedia

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   It is alternatively known as The Best Blind Band In The Land. It is now directed by Yolanda Johnson, assisted by Jeff Schneider. The Ohio State School for the Blind made history on January 1, 2010, when they marched in the 2010 Tournament of Roses Parade in California. The group is the first blind marching band in the event's 121-year history. [6]

3. Orientation and Mobility - Wikipedia

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   A 1964 educational film on O&M and vocational rehabilitation made with assistance from the California Department of Rehabilitation. Orientation and Mobility, or O&M, is a profession which focuses on instructing individuals who are blind or visually impaired with safe and effective travel through their environment. Individual O&M specialists can ...

4. List of executive air transports of U.S. states - Wikipedia

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   Notably, the Aviation Services Bureau touts that it is used by Health Department's Children's Medical Services and also transports students of the New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired. [47] Previously, the state owned and operated several aircraft that were sold under Governor Susana Martinez as part of budget trimming policy ...

5. Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School - Wikipedia

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   Iowa Braille and Sight Saving School was a state-operated school for the blind. It was replaced by the Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired. Vinton, Iowa, hosted the school and continued as host of the state agency that replaced it until 2020. Students from all over Iowa were housed and educated at the school. During ...

6. New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired

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   Education for the blind started in New Mexico in the 1893–1894 school year at the state Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb (the present-day New Mexico School for the Deaf). [1]: 2 The school had difficulty attracting blind students, and William Ashton Hawkins, a member of the territorial legislature from Alamogordo, introduced and succeeding in 1903 in securing passage of a bill to create the New ...

7. American Foundation for the Blind - Wikipedia

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   In 1926, AFB's Directory of Services for Blind and Visually Impaired Persons was first published, compiled by social worker Lotta S. Rand. [2] [3] In 1932, AFB engineers developed the Talking Book and Talking Book Machine [4] and set up studios for recording these books, marking the advent of the modern audiobook.

8. OrCam device - Wikipedia

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   Orcam 2.0 is small and light (22.5 grams/0.8 ounces) with functionality to restore independence to the visually impaired. [4] It comes in two versions. The basic model can read text, and a more advanced one adds features such as face recognition and barcode reading. As of July 2023, the retail cost is between $4000 and $6000 (USD).

9. Timeline of disability rights in the United States - Wikipedia

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   1963 – South Carolina passed the first statewide architectural access code in America. [50] 1964 – On October 6, 1964, a joint resolution of the U.S. Congress, H.R. 753 was signed into law as Pub. L. 88–628, and codified at 36 U.S.C. § 142.