Impacts of the Obsolete Name of a State School for the Deaf and Blind

By Justin M. H. Salisbury, MA, NOMC, NCRTB, NCUEB

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Salisbury, J.M.H. (2019). Impacts of the Obsolete Name of a State School for the Deaf and Blind. Journal of Blindness Innovation & Research, 9(2). Retrieved from https://nfb.org/images/nfb/publications/jbir/jbir19/jbir090205.html. doi:

Abstract

Though the Hawai‘i School for the Deaf and Blind no longer serves blind students, it retains its name from the pre-integration era when it did. This provides a case study where the obsolete name creates community confusion about where blind children and adults access education and rehabilitation services. The name unnecessarily ties the blind to a highly publicized sexual assault scandal at the school. Advocacy efforts to remove blindness from the name are discussed.

Keywords

School for the blind, school for the deaf, segregation, integration, education, language immersion


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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5241/9-152 needs updated

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