Typhlophiles or Friends of the Blind

Reprinted from Charities and The Commons for the New York Association for the Blind. "The object of this article is to show what has led to this emancipation [carrying on a profession and through work a livelihood] of the blind from the narrow field to which in this country, some fifty years ago, they were generally relegated to be considered no longer sufficient for the needs and abilities of the blind." p. 3