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Sheltered Workshops and Social Clubs - Services for the Vision and Hearing Impaired
While society has always held misconceptions about people with disabilities, the blind often suffered greater stigmatization because of the fear held by sighted persons that they could easily become blind. Deaf persons, too, suffered discrimination, especially those born deaf who were often believed to be developmentally disabled... [continue here]
Top shelf:Photographs of and books by Helen Keller: The Story of My Life, The World I Live In, Midstream: My Later Life. View selected exhibits on this shelf...
Middle shelf: Two books (Fingers That See, Life and Education of Laura Dewey Bridgman); Federal Writers Report, 1837-1937; report to the Governor or Ohio; November 1902 issue of American Review for the Blind (braille). View selected exhibits on this shelf...
Bottom shelf: Exhibits related to the Toledo Society for the Blind: book reading machine, dictaphone, braille writer, braille letter and number card; photographs of the new home for the blind on 718 Michigan in Toledo. View selected exhibits on this shelf...
Referenced Canaday Center collections:
- MSS-179: Sight Center of Toledo Records, 1920-2004
- Rare book collection (locate the individual titles above in the library catalog)