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study for The Blind: Then and Now
Education is not something which is confined only for citizen who are physically capable. Schooling on the other hand is for every person irrespective of caste, creed, religion, sex or corporal disabilities. You and I as a responsible citizen should make sure that every person gets Schooling evenly. The evolution of the process of educating the blind has resulted, out of a series of trial and error methods.
Evolution of Schooling for the Blind:
Now let us take a look at how this evolution of educating the blind has taken place:
1. In primordial times there were asylums for the blind. These asylums were like shelters made exclusively for the blind people. It acted as institutions which in case,granted elementary Schooling to the blind. This institution dates back to thousands of years.
2. Later the Egyptians showed keen interest in educating the blind. They were involved in the cause of providing treatment for ailments and disabilities. They were more like caretakers of group individual.
3. The 19th century witnessed the introduction of enforced elementary Schooling for the blind citizen by the United States of America. Britain followed suit by incorporating the Elementary Schooling Act which stated that blind citizen under the age of sixteen were entitled to compulsory elementary education.
4. The New York Point and Braille were the two basic dot method of providing education. But in the course of time Braille emerged as the winner in the ‘war of dots’. This was a much good method of using dots and dash to teach the blind.
5. The 20th century brought about a new amendment in this system. A whole of residential school started having cut off withhold cells for the Schooling of the blind. A whole of students were seen attending these schools but this whole dropped considerably after the introduction of the ‘white cane’ which grand the blind from the normal.
6.In the 21st century, a whole of blind schools, for the visually impaired, cropped up. These schools have both normal teachers as in any other school, and a expert team who handles elective training like orientation and mobility training etc.
Today we get to see revolutionary ideas and methods in this type of Schooling resources, integrated to provide the blind with the much required Schooling so that they can live an independent life.