Fondazione Istituto dei Ciechi di Milano

The Fondazione Istituto dei Ciechi di Milano ETS operates for the full educational, professional, social and cultural integration of blind, visually impaired and multiply visually disabled people, promoting their autonomy and valuing personal aspirations at every stage of life. To this end it carries out educational and training activities, research and technological innovation; it hosts the Museo Louis Braille museum collection; and at the RSA "Casa Famiglia" it welcomes and assists elderly people with visual disabilities as well as sighted people. Its stated values include equality of opportunity, education, autonomy and solidarity. The Foundation also publishes a Bilancio Sociale (social report) and offers training courses on visual disability, free audioguide access to the Istituto and the Museo Louis Braille, and rental of spaces in its via Vivaio building for concerts, congresses, ceremonies and events.

The Fondazione Istituto dei Ciechi di Milano ETS published its Bilancio Sociale 2025, a document reporting the activities, results, projects and social impact generated during the year, described on the Foundation's website as "185 anni di autonomia e inclusione" (185 years of autonomy and inclusion). The Foundation possesses a rich heritage of hundreds of portraits, paintings or sculptures that entered the Istituto's collection through donations and bequests from benefactors. It also hosts the Museo Louis Braille and, at the RSA "Casa Famiglia", welcomes and assists elderly people with visual disabilities and sighted people.

A foundation dedicated to the full integration and autonomy of blind, visually impaired and multiply visually disabled people, combining education, training, research, technological innovation, museum heritage and residential care.

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