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description Published on Dec 1, 2016In 1907, Dr. David P. Barrows, the Director of Education in the Philippines, invited Delia Delight Rice to teach the country. Rice was a teacher for the deaf and a daughter of deaf parents in Columbus, Ohio and had immeasurable experience in special education. The program began in a small house in Ermita, Manila with a class of three pupils from the provinces; two deaf and one blind. In June 1923, PSD transferred to a large two-storey, semi-concrete structure along the Harrison Boulevard in Ermita where it is presently located. The site was donated by an anonymous American lady. From then on, numerous buildings have been made for various educational programs and services offered to children with hearing impairment. In accordance with R.A. 3562, June 1963, the School for the Deaf and Blind was separated from the Philippine National School for the Blind although it remained at its current location. In July 1970, SDB was officially renamed Philippine School for the Deaf since
