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 research public. . Originally I conducted this research as a way of understanding the origins of my educational experiences as a child. It helped me to come to terms with what I had endured at the . Halifax School for the Blind. Understanding why my childhood had been so different than those who attended public school who I met after graduation from the Halifax school for the Blind.
A companion publication isBLIND-SIDED: EXPERIENCES FROM BEHIND THE GLASS EYE My Lifeand Times at the Halifax School for the Blind (HSB) By Chris Stark
. A biography Of Day to day life at the Halifax School For The Blind A regimented life that gradually weakened from harsh oppression to enlightened incarceration during my schooling.
Get Book: The Braille Jail Anthology: A History of the Halifax School for the Blind By Chris Stark