Category Archives: News

Global Accessibility Awareness Day – Post Event Wrap-up

The Carroll Center would like to thank everyone who made it down to our Technology Center last night to take part in the first Global Accessibility Awareness Day (GAAD). Event hosts Mark Sadecki and Brian Charlson opened the event by …

Carroll Center is Grateful to Newton Community Serves

The campus at the Carroll Center for the Blind received a thorough spring cleaning thanks to the efforts of the volunteers from NewtonSERVES: Building Community Through Service. “We have a large campus that requires a considerable effort with our small …

Blindfold Challenge Runners Support The Carroll Center

Kara Peters, a certified orientation and mobility specialist, participated in the Blindfold Challenge on April 15th at the B.A.A. 5K, where she raised more than $2200 for the Carroll Center for the Blind in Newton. In the Blindfold Challenge, Peters …

Download our white paper: The Pen Friend – The Everyday Voice Labeler

Ellie Martin, Certified Vision Rehabilitation Therapist and Hannah Fairbairn, Rehabilitation Instructor at the Carroll Center have been working with visually impaired clients for over 30 years. Ellie and Hannah have just published a free white paper, entitled The Pen Friend …