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Vision impairment in the "way back when"


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Have you ever wondered what it might be like as a vision impaired person in the 1800s? Early 1900’s?  What was around for assistive technology when Helen Keller was at Perkins?  I spoke with Jen Hale and Susanna Coit from Perkins Archives to find out the ins and outs of this department and had an amazing talk with them.... wait till you hear the most interesting "items" in the collection.

 

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Perkins eLearning To GoBy Perkins School for the Blind