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Wisconsin. Division for Handicapped Children and Pupil Services

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Provisions for the education of handicapped children began very soon after Wisconsin's statehood. Evidence of this is found in the establishment of the School for the Blind in 1850. Two years later legislative action provided for residential care of deaf children. In 1937 the Wisconsin School for the Blind (now the Wisconsin School for the Visually Handicapped) (WIHV88-A9) and the Wisconsin School for the Deaf (WIHV88-A62) were transferred from the Board of Control (WIHV85-2106) to ...