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New South Wales - Organisation
Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children (1973 - )
- From
- 1973
- Categories
- Care Provider, Children's Home, Disability Institution, School, Non Government Organisation, Non-denominational, Home
- Alternative Names
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- Deaf and Blind Children's Centre
- RIDBC
- NextSense
The Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children, at North Rocks, was the new name for the Royal Institution for Deaf and Blind Children, which continued work started by the Deaf and Dumb Institution in Sydney in 1860. It was a school and disability institution, with residential facilities, including the Special School for Multi-Handicapped Blind Children. In 2014 the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children was a leading non-government provider of services to children with visual and auditory impairments, across a number of sites in Sydney. In 2021 the Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children rebranded, aligning all of its services under the name NextSense.
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The Deaf and Blind Children's Centre was mentioned in a 1979 Commonwealth Government report called Why are they in children's homes: report of the ACOSS children's home intake survey.
In 2014 the Institution runs the Garfield Barwick School, Alice Betteridge School (formerly the Special School for Multi-Handicapped Children). Thomas Pattison School and preschools and colleges. It auspices RIDBC Renwick, a research institute and college named after Sir Arthur Renwick, an early supporter of the Institution. Renwick was deeply involved in the Benevolent Society of New South Wales and the Royal Women's Hospital, and was a founder of state care for children in New South Wales, and the first president of the State Children's Relief Board.
Locations
- 1973 - 1973
- Address - Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children located at
361-365 North Rocks Road, North Rocks
Timeline
- 1957 - 1973
- Royal Institution for Deaf and Blind Children
- 1973 -
- Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children
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North Rocks School
