Story: Voluntary welfare organisations

Aids for the blind (3rd of 3)

Aids for the blind

The Foundation for the Blind introduced aids such as this Braille watch and a white stick which could be used as a signalling device, encouraging sighted people to be more responsive to the needs of the blind.

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Reference: Ken Catran and Penny Hansen, Pioneering a vision: a history of the Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind 1890–1990. Auckland: Royal New Zealand Foundation for the Blind, 1992, pp. 22

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Margaret Tennant, 'Voluntary welfare organisations - Welfare services expand, 1890s–1930s', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/ephemera/29048/aids-for-the-blind (accessed 25 April 2024)

Story by Margaret Tennant, published 5 May 2011, reviewed & revised 18 Sep 2018