Perkins School for the Blind (Campus history series)
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Résumé
The Perkins School for the Blind, founded in 1829, was the first school of its kind in the United States and, in 1837, Perkins pioneered education of deafblind people when Laura Bridgman, a young student, became the first deafblind person… to learn language. Fifty years later, alumna Annie Sullivan used the same methods to teach Helen Keller, a Perkins student who became one of the foremost humanitarians of the 20th century. Perkins has pioneered in many other areas as well, founding the first kindergarten for the blind and establishing the first training program for teachers of the blind and deafblind. Today, the school brings hope and dignity to more than 40,000 blind and deafblind people worldwide. This is the school's story