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• 00:25 #ThrowbackThursday: Deaf-Blind Department - 1957 Featured

  For over 60 years, the Institute had a separate Deaf-Blind Department. The original building that opened in 1938 is now where the business office and museum are located. It was a significant program that was very innovative and progressive since its inception.
  
  From 1964-1965, before the development of a vaccine against the disease, a rubella epidemic swept the United States. Of children whose mothers are infected during their first trimester of pregnancy, studies suggest that between 50% and 90% would suffer from Congenital Rubella Syndrome (CRS). During that short period, there were 12.5 million cases of rubella. Twenty thousand children were born with CRS: 11,000 were deaf, 3,500 blind, and 1,800 mentally retarded. It was this epidemic that lead to the Institute building Frampton Hall which severed this population for over 30 years.
  
  As this population grew out of school age, the Institute started our current pre-school program in Frampton Hall. The Readiness Program provides special education services to children ages 3-5. Students who have been identified as a preschooler with a disability and have a recommendation for special education are placed in the program through their local Committee on Preschool Special Education.
  

  Uploaded Sep 13, 2017
• 1:04 Music Education 1937 and 2017 Featured

  Short 1 minute video of some photographs of music education at NYISE taken in 1937 and 2017.

  Uploaded Nov 08, 2017
• 1:37 “I’m fine by BTS” Performed by Aja Blake on piano. Featured
  Uploaded Dec 17, 2020
• 22:19 That You May Know - Side 2 (1971)

  THAT YOU MAY KNOW
  By Graduates of The New York Institute
  For The Education of The Blind
  Issued: 1971

  Uploaded Jun 18, 2016

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