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Perkins School for the Blind
Address
Map
175 North Beacon Street

Watertown
,
Massachusetts
02472
Coordinates42°21′48″N 71°10′31″W / 42.36327°N 71.17532°W / 42.36327; -71.17532
Information
Founded1829; 195 years ago (1829)
PresidentDave Power
Campus size38 acres (15 ha)
Websiteperkins.org

Perkins School for the Blind, in Watertown, Massachusetts, was founded in 1829 and is the oldest school for the blind in the United States. It has also been known as the Perkins Institution for the Blind.[1]

Perkins manufactures its own Perkins Brailler, which is used to print embossed, tactile books for the blind;[2] and the Perkins SMART Brailler, a braille teaching tool, at the Perkins Solutions division[3] housed within the Watertown campus's former Howe Press.

  1. ^ "About Perkins School for the Blind". Perkins School for the Blind. Retrieved October 23, 2015.
  2. ^ "Perkins School for the Blind History Museum". Perkinsmuseum.org. Archived from the original on December 4, 2013. Retrieved April 15, 2014.
  3. ^ "Assistive Technology for the Blind". Perkins Solutions. Retrieved October 23, 2015.

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