Searches for information about residential schools for the blind in Canada are barren and missing from search results. Yes, there are lots of results for residential school experiences of other groups of Canadian children but once again people who are blind have been ignored… the lack of information about the experiences of blind children in a residential school setting is the motivation for making my experiences public. .
Day to day life at a residential school for the blind is at the core of this publication. My formative years growing up with other children who are blind was: sometimes cruel, violent, harsh but always segregated away from interaction with “normal” children. A regimented life that gradually weakened from harsh oppression to enlightened incarceration during my schooling
This biography of my formal schooling ends with life after escaping at graduation. At university I used the knowledge obtained to earn two university degrees and at the same time participate in a group of former like minded students of the school for the blind to end, what we saw as , shoddy and discriminatory Abuse of defenseless little blind children. We used our good academic education,, survival skills, drive for independence, self reliance and determination to make a difference.. ..
A companion publication is THE BRAILLE JAIL ANTHOLOGY, A History of the Halifax School for the Blind (HSB) By Chris Stark. It is a look at the rise, success, decay and fall of the Halifax School for the Blind. As researched and viewed from a social historical perspective of a person who lived much of that experience.
