VIDBE-Q Volume 68 Issue 3
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Max Ashton
Foundation for Blind Children
mdashton@seeitourway.org
Until 1952, parents and families living in Phoenix, the largest city in
Arizona, who found out their child was blind had no local options for care,
education, or services. For these families, doing the best for their child meant they
were going to have to make a difficult decision and an incredible sacrifice. Their
options were limited. They could keep their child at home with family and forgo
needed resources, or they could send them to the Arizona School for the Deaf and
Blind, a residential school located over 100 miles away in Tucson. For four
families living in Phoenix, this reality was far from acceptable, so they set out to
make a change.
Foundation for Blind Children (FBC) started with one preschool teacher and
four students. The first classes were taught in one family's home: a simple
Foundation for Blind Children:
Finding Solutions Through
Innovation and Passion
