Halifax School for the Blind
The Halifax School for the Blind opened on Morris Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia as the Halifax Asylum for the Blind in 1871, the first residential school for the blind in Canada.[1] The founder of the school was Sir Frederick Fraser who was himself visually impaired and had studied at the Perkins School for the Blind in Boston.[2]
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 Frederic Fraser School in memory of the founder. A memorial plaque was placed near the site of the old school in 2012.[3]
The Halifax School for the Deaf was established earlier in 1856.
Notable students
References
- ↑ Joanna L. Pearce, "Fighting in the Dark: Charles Frederick Fraser and the Halifax Asylum for the Blind, 1850-1915
- ↑ Sir Frederick Fraser, Dictionary of Canadian Biography
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- ↑ Arthur A. Chisholm, Dictionary of Canadian Biography
External links and further reading
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- 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 (Contains Halifax Explosion 1917 eye injury records)
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