Schools for the Blind  Access to the outdoors is important to the education and health of all individuals regardless of age, location or physical capabilities. Equal access to education for people with visual impairments or other physical disabilities is essential. All students should be able to explore nature to gain a better understanding of the world around them, enhance their education, and participate in physical activities. Students with disabilities need these opportunities to lead happier, healthier, and more productive lives.
Schools for the Visually Impaired by Region of the World To search a country for schools for the blind and visually impaired: http://www.pediatriconcall.com/fordoctor/Schools/search_specialschool.aspx
Africa and the Middle East Perkins International - Education Resources for the Blind in Africa http://www.perkins.org/international/africa Perkins International - Education Resources for the Blind in Middle East and North Africa http://www.perkins.org/international/middle-east Malaikha – School for blind and visually impaired children in Zambia http://www.malaikha.com/en/Services/Press%20release%20long.pdf
Asia and the South Pacific Perkins International - Education Resources for the Blind in Asia and Pacific http://www.perkins.org/international/asia Edubilla - Schools for the Blind http://www.edubilla.com/schools/schools-for-blind/
Europe and Eurasia Special Schools for Blind and Partially Sighted People in Europe http://www.euroblind.org/resources/useful-services/nr/363 EUB - European Blind Union http://www.euroblind.org/resources/useful-links/ Perkins International - Education Resources for the Blind in Europe and Eurasia http://www.perkins.org/international/europe-eurasia
Latin America and the Caribbean Perkins International - Education Resources for the Blind in Latin America and the Caribbean http://www.perkins.org/international/latin-america
United States American Federation of the Blind: Education for Blind or Visually Impaired Students - Schools for the Blind http://www.afb.org/directory.aspx?action=results&CategoryID=140 Schools for the Blind in the US http://www.tsbvi.edu/instructional-resources/2785-schools-for-the-blind-in-the-united-states Hadley School for the Blind http://www.hadley.edu/default.asp
General Information on Schools for the Visually Impaired International Council for Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI) http://icevi.org/ Miusa - High School Placements for Blind and Visually Impaired Students http://www.miusa.org/resource/tipsheet/highschoolplacements Perkins School for the Blind http://www.perkins.org/international Braille Authority http://www.brailleauthority.org/aboutbana/bana-history.html CODI: Cornucopia of Disability Information - Schools for the Blind http://codi.tamucc.edu/archives/.blind.schools.html CODI - Cornucopia of Disability Information http://codi.tamucc.edu/index.html Schools for the Visually Impaired by Country Africa African Union of the Blind Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Association of the Blind Antigua Ministry of Education - Antigua TN Kirnon School Argentina ACIPDIM- Asociación Civil Identidades para personas con discapacidades múltiples Asociación Nacional de Padres de Personas con Sordoceguera y Discapacidad Múltiple de la República Argentina Dirección General de Regímenes Especiales- Córdoba Argentina Universidad Provincial de Córdoba-UPC Institución Privada Para Multiimpedidos Sensoriales Fátima (Institución Fátima) Asociación Civil. Institución Sullai para multimpedidos Sensoriales La Pampa y Salta y Jujuy Proyecto Outreach Program in Santa Fe Proyecto Regional Buenos Aires South Project Universidad Católica de Córdoba Armenia Armenia State Pedagogical University For You - Specialized Childrens Home of Kharberd Gyumri Children's Home Gyumri State Pedagogical Institute Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs Bangladesh Bangladesh Institute of Child Health, Dhaka Shishu (Children's) Hospital Bangladesh Protibondhi Foundation Child Sight Foundation Chittagong Maa shishu o General Hospital Proyash A Specialized Institute for the Children with Special Needs Sanjeevani Centre for Child Development Bolivia Aprecia, Tarija Brazil ADEFAV–centro de recursos em deficiência múltipla surdocegueira e deficiência visual AHIMSA Associação Educacional para Múltipla Deficiência Associação Brasileira de Pais e Amigos dos Surdocegos e Multiplos Deficientes Sensoriais Centro Eva Lindstedt Irmandade da Santa Casa de Misericórdia de São Paulo Bulgaria Bulgarian Association for Education of Visually Impaired Children Ivan Shishmanov School for the Visually Impaired (also known as Varna School for the Blind) Sofia School for Blind Louis Braille Chile Centro de Educación y Rehabilitación Integral de COALIVI CIDEVI-Ven Corporación de padres y amigos por el limitado visual UMCE Universidad Metropolitana Ciencias de la Educación - Departmento Educacion Diferencial Ministerio de Educación- Unidad de Educación Especial China Beijing School for the Blind Brien Holden Visual Institute Chinese Disabled Person Federation Chongqing Normal University Datong Social Welfare Institute East China Normal University Helen Keller International JingDong Special School Mojiang Special School Nanjing Technical College of Special Education ORBIS International North Asia Pi County Special School Provincial Bureau of Education Save the Children Shanghai School for the Blind Shanxi Provincial Eye Hospital Sichuan Normal University Taiyuan School for the Blind Taiyuan Social Welfare Institute Wuhou County Special School Colombia Fundación Ideas Día a Día Fundación Multis Costa Rica Ministerio de Educación Pública - Departamento de Educación Especial Croatia Mali dom – Zagreb Czech Republic Association for Early Intervention Children Home and Special Kindergarten Beroun Zablesk - the Association of Parents and Friends of Deafblind Children Dominican Republic Centro Nacional de Recursos Educativos para la Discapacidad Visual Olga Estrella Ecuador Ministerio de Educación- Dirección General de Educación Especial e Inclusiva El Salvador Dueñas School for the Blind Ministerio de Educación-Dirección de Educación Especial Estonia Support Union of the Deafblind Tartu Emajõe Kool Ghana Ashanti School for the Deaf (Deafblind unit) Demonstration School for the Deaf (Deafblind Centre)- Mampong-Akuapem Ghana Blind Union Government of Ghana (Ghana Education Services) Greece S.E.E.P.E.A. Attiki University of Thessaly, Dept. of Special Education Guatemala Fundación Guatemalteca para Niños con Sordoceguera Alex (FUNDAL) Honduras Instituto Franciscano para la Capacitación del No Vidente –INFRACNOVI Hungary Elementary School for the Blind Hungarian Perkins International Project; Hungarian Deafblind Association India Blind Peoples' Association; K.L.J.B Samarpan Sankul Early Intervention Centre for Children with Special Needs Government of India (The National Trust) Helen Keller Institute for Deaf & Deafblind Holy Cross Service Society Rajasthan Mahila Kalyan Mandal, Ajmer, Rajasthan Kamala Mehta School for the Blind, Mumbai L.V. Prasad Eye Institute Malsawn Initiative National Association for the Blind India National Association for the Blind Tamilnadu State Branch Sense International India Shri Sadgurunath Bahu-uddeshiya Shikshan Sanstha, Anjangaon, Maharashtra Sobti Parents Association The Spastics Society of Tamilnadu Vidya Sagar Voice and Vision India Indonesia Balita Tunanetra Bhakti Luhur Jakarta Bhakti Luhur Malang Bhakti Luhur Surabaya Binar Insan Istiqomah Direktorat PKLK-Pendidkan Dasar-Indonesia Ministry of National Education Sayap Ibu Bintaro Sayap Ibu Yogyakarta SLB G Helen Keller Indonesia Yogyakarta SLB G MATAHATI BANYUWANGI Special School for the Blind SLB A Lebak Bulus Jakarta Yayasan Dwituna Pendikan Rawinala Yayasan Penyantun Wiyata Guna-Bandung Early Intervention Yayasan Elsafan - Jakarta Bhakti Luhur Bandung Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia (UPI) Israel David Yellin School Academic College of Education Ministry of Education Keren Or Jordan Holy Land Institute for the Deaf Kenya African Braille Centre (ABC) Brian Resource Centre Kenya Institute of Special Education Kenya Union of the Blind Kilimani Primary School Deafblind Unit Kilimanjaro Blind Trust (KBT), Barclay House, Mahi-Mahiu Road, off Langata road, Nairobi West Ministry of Education Nairobi Family Support Services Sense International – East Africa (Kenya) Malawi Creative Centre for Community Mobilization (CRECCOM) Federation of Disability Organizations in Malawi (FEDOMA-Inclusive Education Project) Malawi Council for the Handicapped (MACOHA) Malawi Government [Ministry of Education Science and Technology (Department of Special needs Education) & Ministry of Gender, Women, Disability and Social welfare] Malawi Union of the Blind Montfort Special Needs Education College Parents of Children with Disabilities in Malawi (PODCAM) RTI Sightsavers Visual Hearing Membership of Malawi (VIHEMA) Malaysia Pibakat Sarawak Society for Parents of Children with Special Needs Mexico Asociación Mexicana Anne Sullivan I.A.P. ASOMAS Centro de Habilitación e Integración para Invidentes (CHIPI) Secretaría de Educación Pública Moldova Vita Foundation AOCTDA Mozambique Mozambique Association of the Blind Myanmar Myanmar Christian Fellowship of the Blind Nepal Ankur Foundation Dharan School for the Blind Nicaragua Ministerio de Educación Nigeria Nigerian Association of the Blind Panama Instituto Panameño de Habilitación Especial Paraguay Escuela Especial #3 Don Luis Braille Perú Asociación Hellen Keller Perú Philippines Parent Advocates for Visually Impaired Children Inc Resources for the Blind Inc. Poland Instytut Tyflologiczny - Polski Zwiazku Niewidomych (Polish Association of the Blind) Ministry of Education Special Education & Care Center for Children with Blindness and Low Vision Towarzystwo Pomocy Gluchoniewidomym (The Association for the Welfare of the Deafblind) Romania Educational Assistance Ressource Centre SPERANTA Special Education Department Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences Babes-Bolyai University Russia Deafblind Children’s Home Klintsy Kindergarten Organization of Parents, Nizhny Novgorod Raoul Wallenberg Institute of Spec. Ped. & Psych. Institute of Special Education, Correctional Pedagogics Saudi Arabia Prince Mohammed bin Fahd Youth Development Center Serbia Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation University of Belgrade School for Visually Impaired Pupils Veljko Ramadanovic Sierra Leone Sierra Leone Association of the Blind Slovakia Association of Friends of the Special School for Visually Impaired and Blind Children Association of Parents and Friends of Deafblind Children in Slovakia Nonprofit Organization for Visually Impaired Slovak Blind and Partially Sighted Union South Africa Arthur Blaxall School for the Blind Bartimea School for Deaf and Blind Brien Holden Vision Institute Sibonile School South Africa National Council of the Blind (SANCB) St. Lucia St. Lucia Blind Welfare Association Taiwan Eden International/Eden Social Welfare Foundation Huei-Ming School and Home for Blind Children Tanzania Ministry of Education, Vocational and Technology (MoEVT) Sense International, Tanzania Tanzania League of the Blind Tanzania Society for the Blind Thailand Center for Promoting and vocational Development for VIMD Lampang Eye Foundation Lopburi School for the Blind Northern School for the Blind Pattaya School for the Blind Ramintra School (Bangkok Home) Thailand Ministry of Education Turkey Gazi University Sabanci School for the Blind Uganda Ministry of Education and Sports Sense International Uganda Uganda National Association of the Blind Ukraine Education and Rehabilitation Center for Children with Visual Impairments "Lewenia", Ukraine Uruguay APPEDIVIDA Ministerio de Educación Pública - Consejo de Educación Inicial y Primaria Venezuela Fundación de Padres y Amigos del Sordociego de Venezuela SOCIEVEN Sordociegos de Venezuela Asociación Civil Vietnam Go Vap Center Cultivative for the Protection of Children Ho Chi Minh City University of Education Nguyen Dinh Chieu School for Disabilities Da Nang Nguyen Dinh School for the Blind HCMC Nhat Hong Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired Tam Binh United States Blind Children's Center (Los Angeles), http://www.blindchildrenscenter.org Council of Schools for the Blind (COSB) Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind, http://www.aidb.org/ Southwest Alabama Regional School for the Deaf and Blind Arizona School for the Blind, http://www.asdb.az.gov Arkansas School for the Visually Impaired Bureau of Education and Services for the Blind (Connecticut) California School for the Blind Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind Georgia Academy for the Blind The Governor Morehead School (North Carolina) Hadley Institute for the Blind and Visually Impaired (Illinois) Idaho Educational Services for the Deaf and the Blind Illinois School for the Visually Impaired Indiana School for the Blind and Visually Impaired Iowa Educational Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired Kansas State School for the Blind Kentucky School for the Blind Louisiana School for the Visually Impaired The Maryland School for the Blind Minnesota State Academy for the Blind Mississippi School for the Blind Missouri School for the Blind Children Center for the Visually Impaired (Kansas City) Montana School for the Deaf and Blind Nebraska Center for the Education of Children who are Blind or Visually Impaired New Mexico School for the Blind and Visually Impaired The New York Institute for Special Education New York State School for the Blind North Dakota School for the Blind The Ohio State School for the Blind The Oklahoma School for the Blind Overbrook School for the Blind (Philadelphia) Perkins School for the Blind (Boston) South Carolina School for the Deaf and the Blind South Dakota School for the Visually Impaired St. Joseph's School for the Blind (New Jersey) Saint Lucy Day School for Children with Visual Impairments (Philadelphia) Tennessee School for the Blind Utah Schools for the Deaf and Blind Virginia School for the Deaf and the Blind VisionCorps (Pennsylvania) Washington State School for the Blind Western Pennsylvania School for Blind Children West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and the Blind Wisconsin Center for the Blind and Visually Impaired Zambia Malaikha – School for blind and visually impaired children in Zambia |