Early residential schools for the blind in the United States were proposed by

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Samuel Gridley Howe proposed the establishment of the first residential school for the blind in the United States, the New England Asylum for the Blind in 1829. Louis Braille developed the braille system of reading and writing for the blind, but did not propose residential schools. Carl Perkins was a politician who championed disability rights and education but did not propose the establishment of early residential schools for the blind. Diderot was a French philosopher who wrote about education for the blind, but did not propose early residential schools in the United States.

Early Residential Schools for the Blind in the United States