The Future Role of Residential Schools for Visually Impaired Students.

McIntire, Jonathan C.

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ERIC Number: EJ319979

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1985

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The Future Role of Residential Schools for Visually Impaired Students.

McIntire, Jonathan C.

Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, v79 n4 p161-64 Apr 1985

The history of residental programs for the blind is reviewed, and the impact of the deinstitutionalization thrust on those schools is examined. The author asserts that residential schools must re-orient themselves to serving multiply handicapped students. (CL)

Descriptors: Blindness, Deinstitutionalization (of Disabled), History, Multiple Disabilities, Residential Schools, Special Schools

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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