Minnesota State Academy for the Blind
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Minnesota State Academy for the Blind (formerly known as the Braille and Sight Saving School) is a public school in Faribault
, Minnesota
. Its mission is the education and life education of blind
, visually impaired, and deaf-blind learners from birth to age 21. The school has a residential program and provides 24-hour programming including Braille
, independent travel, assistive technologies, and individualized educational services. Students often have multiple disabilities and come from all regions of the state.
The Minnesota Legislature
established it in 1866, together with the nearby Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf
.
The Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library is an extension of the Academy for the Blind. It serves people of all ages everywhere in Minnesota with a collection of hundreds of thousands of items. It is funded by the state and federal governments.
Blind Department Building and Dow Hall
at the State Academy for the Blind are listed on the National Register of Historic Places
. Other facilities include Lysen Hall.
Faribault, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 20,818 people, 7,472 households, and 4,946 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,644.8 people per square mile . There were 7,668 housing units at an average density of 605.8 per square mile...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. Its mission is the education and life education of blind
Blindness
Blindness is the condition of lacking visual perception due to physiological or neurological factors.Various scales have been developed to describe the extent of vision loss and define blindness...
, visually impaired, and deaf-blind learners from birth to age 21. The school has a residential program and provides 24-hour programming including Braille
Braille
The Braille system is a method that is widely used by blind people to read and write, and was the first digital form of writing.Braille was devised in 1825 by Louis Braille, a blind Frenchman. Each Braille character, or cell, is made up of six dot positions, arranged in a rectangle containing two...
, independent travel, assistive technologies, and individualized educational services. Students often have multiple disabilities and come from all regions of the state.
The Minnesota Legislature
Minnesota Legislature
The Minnesota Legislature is the legislative branch of government in the U.S. state of Minnesota. It is a bicameral legislature located at the Minnesota Capitol in Saint Paul and it consists of two houses: the lower Minnesota House of Representatives and the Minnesota Senate...
established it in 1866, together with the nearby Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf
Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf
The Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf is a public residential school serving deaf children in Minnesota. It is one of two Minnesota State Academies in Faribault and operated by the state for particular student populations.-History:...
.
The Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library is an extension of the Academy for the Blind. It serves people of all ages everywhere in Minnesota with a collection of hundreds of thousands of items. It is funded by the state and federal governments.
Blind Department Building and Dow Hall
Blind Department Building and Dow Hall, State School for the Blind
Blind Department Building and Dow Hall, State School for the Blind were two buildings that were part of the Minnesota State Academy for the Blind, a public school administered by the state in Faribault, Minnesota, USA...
at the State Academy for the Blind are listed on the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
. Other facilities include Lysen Hall.
See also
- Minnesota State AcademiesMinnesota State AcademiesThe Minnesota State Academies are two separate schools, the Minnesota State Academy for the Blind and the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf, both established by the legislature in 1863. They are public residential schools for Minnesota children with special needs, serving students from birth to...
- Blind Department Building and Dow Hall, State School for the BlindBlind Department Building and Dow Hall, State School for the BlindBlind Department Building and Dow Hall, State School for the Blind were two buildings that were part of the Minnesota State Academy for the Blind, a public school administered by the state in Faribault, Minnesota, USA...
External links
- Official Web site
- Placeography article on Minnesota State Academy for the Blind (Minnesota Historical Society wiki)
- Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library