The Blind Child in Elementary School: A Study of the Facilities in New York City, 1960
Abstract
Blindness has been referred to as a nuisance and a physical annoyance which makes it necessary to seek out other means to learn the same things and develop the same skills. However, throughout history, society has viewed blind individuals with compassion and sentiment. They were shielded and protected while charity and alms giving dominated in the world’s treatment of them. In light of history, society has regarded and treated the blind in three different ways:: as liabilities, as wards and finally as members of the group. Throughout early survival if a person was not capable, he was a liability. Then the church dominated movements to protect the blind, to give them sympathy and charity. This attitude prevailed until certain individuals were able to demonstrate outstanding abilities and capabilities in spite of the visual impairment.
Subject Area
Elementary education|Special education
Recommended Citation
Colombo, Nicholas Michael, "The Blind Child in Elementary School: A Study of the Facilities in New York City, 1960" (1961). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI31097059.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI31097059
