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About Hadley

A man who is visually impaired prepares to enter an elevated train.Welcome to The Hadley School for the Blind

The Hadley School for the Blind is the largest worldwide distance educator of blind and visually impaired people, their families and blindness service professionals. Founded in 1920 by William Hadley and Dr. E.V.L. Brown, Hadley offers courses free of charge to its blind and visually impaired students and their families and affordable tuition courses to blindness professionals. Today, the school serves more than 10,000 students annually in all 50 states and 100 countries. Hadley relies on contributions from individuals, foundations and corporations to fund its programs.

Hadley has a course for you if you are:

Study in the comfort of your home at a time convenient for you. Courses are offered in braille, large print, cassette and online. Course materials arrive in the mail or online, and for students in the U.S. and Canada, instructors are just a toll-free call away. Hadley offers more than 100 courses in four program areas:

Course Catalog

You can request a Hadley course catalog in braille, cassette, large print or CD. Also, our website provides the catalogs in PDF format (Adobe Acrobat Reader required) or in Rich Text Format for you to view online or download. All the information you need can be found at Course Catalog.

Accredited by:

NCA

The North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement since 1978


DETC

The Accrediting Commission of the Distance Education and Training Council since 1958


CITA

The Commission on International and Trans-Regional Accreditation since 2003

2008 Annual Report

Annual Report - PDF Format

Annual Report - Rich Text Format