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Illinois authorizes the first "special" pension for "blind" people.

Date: 1903

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The "special" pension in Illinois becomes one of the first social security programs in the U.S. By 1935, 27 states will have begun providing this same pension. High rates of visual challenges among Civil War veterans shifted public views regarding "blindness" in the late 1800s.