What we do
Zero Project Conference 2024
Relive the 2024 Zero Project Conference! Perkins traveled to Switzerland to advocate for disability inclusion and accept our Zero Project award.
Children with disabilities rely on adults with the commitment and specialized skills to help them learn. Perkins School for the Blind works with families, teachers, schools, doctors, hospitals, community leaders, universities and governments to make education accessible to all children.
Together with local collaborators, Perkins aims to expand current deep work from a few sites to national-level transformation everywhere we work. Our goal is to rebuild a world that includes the 240 million children with disabilities, everywhere, from the start.
Perkins believes every child can learn, and we can show you how.
More than 240 million children live with disabilities around the world. Perkins’ international programs change the landscape of education services to fit children, helping them learn and define their own success. In partnership with governments and civil societies, we set new standards for what is possible—for children with disabilities and for our world.
For a child with multiple disabilities, the journey to education may begin at home, in an orphanage, in a hospital, in a community program or at school. Perkins starts where children are so that no child is invisible or excluded.
For 100 years, Perkins has been training leaders and educators who change the world for children in almost 100 countries. We provide a wide range of opportunities for professionals and family members to learn how to help children unlock opportunities.
For a child with disabilities to learn and define their own success, families, schools, hospitals, communities and governments must all work together. Perkins sets the standards and builds the networks that sustain and strengthen teaching, learning and community life.
Through our Model Program Approach, and with our partners, we show how education systems can make quality and inclusive learning accessible for children with disabilities.
Thanh Trinh Thi Thu Researcher at the National Center for Special Education, at The Vietnam Institute of Educational Sciences, ELP graduate – Class of 2020“At Perkins, the belief is all children can learn, no matter their disability.”
Close to home and around the globe, Perkins’ international programs are making a difference for children with disabilities.
The United Nations recognized Perkins’ project in Mexico as a “Good Practice” towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) for 2030.
UBS recognizes Perkins President, Dave Power, and Executive Director of International Programs, Katie Holland, for their vision, thought leadership, and innovation towards achieving quality education and reducing inequalities for all.
Perkins’ Model Program Approach was selected among 523 nominations from 97 countries for its innovation, impact, and scalability.
Relive the 2024 Zero Project Conference! Perkins traveled to Switzerland to advocate for disability inclusion and accept our Zero Project award.
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