<P> Founded in 1829 , Perkins was the first school for the blind established in the United States . The school was originally named the New England Asylum for the Blind and was incorporated on March 2 , 1829 . The name was eventually changed to Perkins School For the Blind . John Dix Fisher first considered the idea of a school for blind children based upon his visits to Paris at the National Institute for the Blind and was inspired to create such a school in Boston . </P>
<P> Founded in 1829 , Perkins was the first school for the blind established in the United States . The school was originally named the New England Asylum for the Blind and was incorporated on March 2 , 1829 . The name was eventually changed to Perkins School For the Blind . John Dix Fisher first considered the idea of a school for blind children based upon his visits to Paris at the National Institute for the Blind and was inspired to create such a school in Boston . </P>
who opened the first school for the blind in the us
who opened the first school for the blind in the us
John Dix Fisher
John Dix Fisher