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Menu.From The Winged Head, publication of the Pittsburgh Athletic Association, October 1976.
The Pittsburgh Blind Association has been a
pioneer in serving
Allegheny County residents who are visually handicapped, and particularly
those blind with other handicaps.
The organization was founded in 1910 as The Pittsburgh Workshop for the
Blind, and two years later was chartered under the name, Pennsylvania
Association for the Blind. In 1939, the Association moved to Harrisburg
and the Pittsburgh facility was subsequently chartered as its Pittsburgh
Branch.
Today, the agency operates as an independent entity as Pittsburgh Blind
Association (PBA) and is affiliated with the Pennsylvania Association.
In addition to the State Association, the Pittsburgh Agency is affiliated
with the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness, American
Foundation for the Blind, National Rehabilitation Association, the
University of Pittsburgh Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Rehabilitation and
Special Education, and Social Work. Liaison is particularly good with the
county medical society and the Pittsburgh Ophthalmological Society.
Until recently, the PBA has operated out of an antiquated and
overcrowded 50-year-old building at 300 S. Craig St., Oakland. [Note: A
renovated building was dedicated at the same location on April 19,
1977. (1)]