Royal School for the Blind, Liverpool
Oldest continuously operating school for the blind in the world / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Not to be confused with Royal Blind School or SeeAbility.
The Royal School for the Blind in Liverpool, England, is the oldest specialist school of its kind in the UK, having been founded in 1791.[1] Only the Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles in Paris is older, but the Royal School for the Blind is the oldest school in the world in continuous operation, and the first in the world founded by a blind person, Edward Rushton, who was also an anti-slavery campaigner.[2][3] It was also the first school in the world to offer education and training to blind adults as well as children.[4][page needed]