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History
Milestones from 1951 to the present
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YEAR |
EVENT |
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1951 |
Singapore Association for the Blind founded |
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1956 |
Singapore School for the Blind, now known as the
Singapore School for the Visually
Handicapped established |
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1963 |
Industrial Training Centre opened |
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1964 |
Sub-Committee of the Blind formed |
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1967 |
Open Education Programme started at Ahmad Ibrahim
Secondary School |
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1972 |
Sub-Committee of the Blind renamed White Cane Club |
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1978 |
Low Vision Clinic and Braille & Talking Book Library opened |
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1983 |
Hosted the Asian Conference on Visual handicap |
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1986 |
Association funded by the
Community Chest of Singapore |
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1987 |
Association renamed Singapore Association of the Visually Handicapped |
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1989 |
Launch of present
logo |
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1990 |
Open Education Programme extended to four addition
mainstream schools, and Singapore School for the
Visually Handicapped came under the purview of the Ministry of
Education |
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1999 |
White Cane Club became a branch of the Association |
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2001 |
Association celebrated its 50th Anniversary, and established a Satellite
Low Vision Clinic at the
Singapore National Eye Centre |
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2002 |
Association launched new Client Identification Card. |
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