. Report of the Commission of 1906 to Investigate the Condition of the Blind in the State of New York . onable since this interest came into her is so much easier to live Avith than she was before she wastaught by you to read and write. Fourth: Instruction given onthis wise does not brand the reci])ients with the seal of pauperism, thereby lowering them both in their own estimation and that oftheir fellow men. Fifth: The inspiration of the example of theblind teacher for the person taught spurs him on to fresh exertion,and encouragement given by one similarly afflicted soon leadshim t
. Report of the Commission of 1906 to Investigate the Condition of the Blind in the State of New York . onable since this interest came into her is so much easier to live Avith than she was before she wastaught by you to read and write. Fourth: Instruction given onthis wise does not brand the reci])ients with the seal of pauperism, thereby lowering them both in their own estimation and that oftheir fellow men. Fifth: The inspiration of the example of theblind teacher for the person taught spurs him on to fresh exertion,and encouragement given by one similarly afflicted soon leadshim to hope for better things for himself. The State of Massachusetts is the pioneer in providing, at theexpense of the State, for the instruction of the adult blind in theirhomes, and the result of six years experience with the work there,proves it to be, in the words of the late Mr. Anagiios, right inprinciple, beneficial in its results, frugal in its administration, andabsolutely free from the unnumerable evils which are inseparablefrom the aggregation of defective people for any purpose \AuiicUrmop making at the Massachusetts Experiment Station for TradeTraining of the Blind. This mop was invented by a blind man and ispatented. The Massachusetts Commission for the Blind is now testingmop making as a possible industry for the blind. Commission on the Blind. 71 massachusetts association for pkomoting the interests of the blind.* The Massachusetts General Court of 1899 adoipted a resolvewhich directed tlie State Board of Education to inquire into thefeasibility of instructing the adult 1)1 iud at their homes. In1900, Massachusetts commenced home teaching, and was thusthe first state in the Union to expend funds for this the development of this work, the interest of a noblegroup of women connected with the Womens Educational andIndustrial Union was aroused. They saw the need of a thoroughstudy of the many problems relating to the blind of Massachusetts,
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