The Halifax School for the Blind opened on Morris Street,

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as the Halifax Asylum for the Blind in 1871, the first residential school for the blind in

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. The first superintendent of the school (1873-1923)APSEA
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Perkins School for the Blind Perkins School for the Blind, in Watertown, Massachusetts, was founded in 1829 and is the oldest school for the blind in the United States. It has also been known as the Perkins Institution for the Blind. Perkins manufactures its own Perkins Br ...

in Boston. A private school for the first century of its existence, in 1975 the school became a public institution under the newly created Atlantic Provinces Special Education Authority (APSEA), and it provided free education to pupils from throughout Atlantic Canada. The school closed in 1983 and was replaced by a new school some blocks away, named Sir Frederick Fraser School for the Blind in memory of the founder. A memorial plaque was placed near the site of the old school in 2012. The

Halifax School for the Deaf The Halifax School for the Deaf (The Deaf and Dumb Institution, Halifax) was an institution in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, which opened on 4 August 1856. It was the first school of the deaf in Atlantic Canada. (The Halifax School for the Bl ...

was established earlier in 1856. The two schools were consolidated at the APSEA Centre on South Street in 1994-1995.

Notable students

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Dictionary of Canadian Biography * Vivian Berkeley * Eric Davidson * Terry Kelly * Fred McKenna

Notable teachers

* Elizabeth Roberts MacDonald

References

External links and further reading

Annual Report. 1939

School for the Blind Image, Notman Studio

Frederick Fraser: What we do for the Blind
''Toronto Star'', 1918 * Shirley Trites. "Reading Hands: The Halifax School for the Blind". 2003 * Nova Scotia Archives
Halifax School for the Blind fonds
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