How Being Blinded in an Accident Made Brian Charlson’s Life Better
Brian Charlson’s life changed forever on an afternoon long ago when he was alone in his family’s kitchen. Like many 11-year-old boys, he enjoyed experimenting with stuff. So he poured baking soda and vinegar into a glass bottle, screwed on the cap, and was ready to throw it into the blueberry bushes outside when it […]
New Technology Would Improve Ways the Blind Navigate Public Transportation
Living with retinitis pigmentosa (RP), an inherited disease of the retina, the 63-year-old said, “I’ve been losing vision all my life,” and became legally blind at age 37. He depends on the bus to take him from his home in Needham to his job at Newton’s Carroll Center for the Blind on Centre Street. […]
After Losing Her Sight, Legislator Works to Open Center for The Blind in Uganda
JOHN TLUMACKI/GLOBE STAFF Margaret Baba Diri walked in the lobby of the Carroll Center for the Blind in Newton with Dina Rosenbaum (right), chief program officer for the center. BY EMILY WILLIAMS (VIA THE BOSTON GLOBE) Margaret Baba Diri is scrolling through her iPhone, even if it doesn’t seem that way at first. The screen [...]
On “Impact Day” 2018, Deloitte Delights
June 8th marked Deloitte‘s Impact Day 2018. Nationwide, professionals from the Deloitte team went out into the community, including coming here to the Carroll Center for the Blind, to demonstrate what it means to make real change at places that matter to them. This is the 5th year in a row that they’ve included us in […]
Carroll Center for the Blind Seeks to Ease Nationwide Shortage of Vision Educators
The Gibney Family Foundation to Provide Funding for Internship Program NEWTON, Mass. (May 21, 2018) – The Carroll Center for the Blind today announced the launch of the Carroll Interns program, a new initiative designed to provide vital experience to graduate-level students studying in the field of vision education and allied professions. The program is […]
En Garde! The Blind Fence Fearlessly
Produced, shot and edited by Aynsley Floyd Fencing? For individuals who are blind? Yes. It’s one of many unique features of the rehabilitation program at the Carroll Center for the Blind. Fencing for the blind and visually impaired person is more than a sport – it’s helpful off the strip too. Fencing helps in learning […]
This Year’s Carroll Society Inductees Just Announced!
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 […]
Alumni Hall of Fame: Margaret McCluskey Cleary ’55
Margaret McCluskey Cleary graduated from Labouré College in 1955 and has held many nursing positions throughout her career; however, much of her work has focused on helping to impact the vocational lives of visually impaired and blind consumers through her work at the Carroll Center for the Blind. Dina Rosenbaum, a co-worker of Cleary’s at […]
Carroll Center for the Blind Partners with VFO to Provide Free Assistive Technology Software
NEWTON, Mass. (April. 26, 2018) – The Carroll Center for the Blind today announced a partnership with VFO, a provider of assistive software for the visually impaired, to give individuals who are blind or visually impaired free access to assistive technology to advance their careers, education and independent living. The VFO-distributed speech technology programs, such [...]
Olin College Students Think Outside of the Box with Accessibility
This week, the Carroll Center had a special visit from our friends at Olin College of Engineering. Professors Caitrin Lynch and Paul Ruvolo brought students from their Technology, Accessibility and Design course by to learn about the blindness community and how the Carroll Center services them. These bright young students will take the knowledge […]
