Three Different Carroll Center Alumni Selected As Finalists For 2019 Holman Prize
Congratulations to all of the 2019 Holman Prize finalists! This ambitious group of blind and visually impaired individuals from around the world each have unique ideas for empowering themselves and others. We are excited to announce that three different Carroll Center for the Blind alumni—Trevor Attenberg, Pauline Dowell and Mona Minkara—all were chosen to be a part [...]
EBSCO Information Services Partners with The Carroll Center for the Blind to Advance User Research and Design
IPSWICH, Mass. (May 16, 2019) — EBSCO Information Services (EBSCO) and The Carroll Center for the Blind today announced a partnership in which the two organizations will work together to improve and enhance the experience across EBSCO products for users with a varying array of disabilities. The Carroll Center for the Blind, based in Newton, [...]
Carroll Society Award Winners – 2019
The Carroll Center for the Blind and the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind recognize outstanding employees who are visually impaired through the annual Carroll Society Awards Ceremony. These Awards recognize blind and visually impaired employees who have made significant contributions to their companies by their outstanding ability and job performance. Individuals are chosen because, despite [...]
Strategic Partnership to Improve Online Access to Digital Documents for the Visually Impaired
NEWTON, Mass. (April 29, 2019) – The Carroll Center for the Blind of Newton, Mass., and Open Access Technologies, Inc. (OAT) of Hollis, N.H., have entered into a Distribution Partnership Agreement whereby The Carroll Center’s Accessibility Services Department will actively support and sell accessible digital document creation and remediation service offerings of OAT to The [...]
Seeing What’s New – Community Conversations on WXLO 104.5 FM
Vicki Greene of WXLO 104.5 FM recently invited the Carroll Center for the Blind to join her in the studio for her Community Conversations segment. Each week, Greene has a 30-minute conversation where guests tell the story behind the story. President and CEO, Gregory J. Donnelly, joined her for a conversation about vision loss. To listen to [...]
Carroll Center President Visits WBZ NightSide with Dan Rea
The Carroll Center for the Blind was invited to join NightSide with Dan Rea on WBZ NewsRadio 1030. The Carroll Center for the Blind President and CEO, Gregory J. Donnelly, spoke to veteran news journalist, Dan Rea, about vision loss. The special show featured a conversation about vision loss, the Center’s mission, and how people [...]
WBZ Cares Selects Carroll Center for the Blind as Featured Non-profit
Each month, Doug Cope and WBZ NewsRadio 1030 select an organization to profile through its public service initiative, WBZ Cares. We're thrilled to announce that WBZ NewsRadio has selected the Carroll Center for the Blind as the WBZ Cares featured non-profit during March. Tune in and listen every Wednesday throughout the month as they highlight [...]
19th Annual New England Regional Braille Challenge Winners
The 19th Annual New England Regional Braille Challenge is officially a wrap! This competition, a national program of the Braille Institute, encourages blind and visually impaired children to hone their braille skills which are essential to success in the sighted world. Regional winners could be eligible to go on to the Braille Challenge finals in Los Angeles [...]
The Maine Trust Project – Installment 8: Deon Lyons of Clinton
Deon Lyons lost his left eye when he was just 5 months old to retinoblastoma, a rare form of retinal cancer. Radiation used to treat his right eye when he was a child cost Lyons his sight, starting in 2010, and a series of strokes left him completely blind by 2016. Now, he’s battling cancer [...]
Disabled Not Making Gains They Should
THE SIGNS BROADCAST from storefronts: HELP WANTED. The federal government says we have achieved “full employment,” that there are currently more jobs than people. The news media reports on particular segments of the economy where a shortage of workers is threatening price stability and further economic growth. These should be banner days for those in […]
