The Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind (CSDB) is a

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residential school, located on Knob Hill, east of downtown

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, near the famous laboratory of

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. The school was founded in 1874 as ''The Colorado Institute for the Education of Mutes'' by Jonathan R. Kennedy, who had previously been steward at the

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. The school began in a rented house in downtown

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with seven students, three of whom were Kennedy's own children. One of his children, Emma, later married another student, Frank H. Chaney, and they became the parents of the actor Lon Chaney. Colorado Springs' founder William Jackson Palmer was the land-grantor of several institutions in Colorado Springs, including the Colorado School for the Deaf and Blind. CSDB were the 2004 National Champions in the Deaf Academic Bowl. CSDB serves students and their families who are deaf, blind, or

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. CSDB also coordinates the Colorado Home Intervention Program (CHIP) that serves deaf and hard of hearing students from birth to three years old within their home. CSDB provides outreach services to support students, families, and school districts throughout Colorado.

Campus

The facility has dormitories for students.

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