Since 1842 / Since 1858

Since 1842, the Kentucky School for the Blind has stood as the third state-supported school of its kind in the US. Dr. Samuel G. Howe of Boston, a pioneer educator of the blind, was invited to Kentucky to give a public demonstration with his own pupils before the Kentucky Legislature and in Louisville, showing that blind people could be trained for a useful life, “free from crushing weight of dependence, ever their lot.” Since 1858, the American Printing House for the Blind has been the oldest non-profit agency for the blind in the US and the largest publishing house for the blind in the world. Since 1879, it has served as the official school-book printery for all such students in the US and as the only institution devoted solely to publishing literature and developing and manufacturing manual aids for them.

Louisville, Kentucky · United States