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 [...]
New therapy for premature babies at risk of blindness
An Oregon doctor is working on a new therapy to make sure retinopathy of prematurity does not destroy a newborn baby’s vision. More and smaller premature babies are surviving than ever before. That’s leading to a rise in the number of cases of retinopathy of prematurity, or ROP. It’s a blinding eye disorder that the […]
What Types of Digital Accessibility Clients Does The Carroll Center for the Blind Work With?
As Manager of Accessibility Services at The Carroll Center for the Blind, I am often asked what types of clients we work with to improve the accessibility of their digital footprint. There are a couple of different ways I can answer this question. One way is to list all of the different industry sectors we […]
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 […]
Smart Glasses, Apps, Talking Appliances: How Tech For Blind People Is Getting Better
These glasses have a camera built into the bridge over the wearer’s nose, so that a remote viewer can see what is happening in front of the person wearing the glasses. (Robin Lubbock/WBUR) From smart glasses with an integrated camera for reading, to apps that offer more independence and freedom, what's some of the best [...]
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 […]
David D’Arcangelo Appointed Commissioner of Massachusetts Commission for the Blind
Boston— David D’Arcangelo has been named Commissioner of the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind (MCB) effective August 27, 2018. MCB supports Massachusetts residents who are legally blind or who have low vision with a progressive visual impairment to live and enjoy full community participation. MCB serves approximately 20,000 consumers and has a budget of $33.5M in […]
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 […]
