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 […]
Two Bruins players visit Carroll Center for the Blind
Two elite Boston Bruins players were shown up by amateur fencers at the Carroll Center for the Blind Wednesday, during the players’ visit. Clients Sheryl Erwin, of Boston, and Jamire Lobban, of Connecticut, demonstrated their sword fighting and footwork skills and impressed Bruins goalie Tuukka Rask and forward Frank Vatrano. Before Erwin and Lobban’s match, […]
Welfare cap, disability services are focus of final Massachusetts state budget hearing
Advocates for the “Lift the Cap on Kids” campaign attend a Statehouse budget hearing on March 16, 2018. A decade ago, Bruce Howell, who is blind, was depressed and financially dependent on Social Security disability insurance and family members. He did not have a plan for his life. Then the Massachusetts Commission for the Blind […]
Why & How Innovation for the Visually Impaired is Big in Boston
Like almost any smartphone user, Sassy Outwater rarely puts her phone down. From editing documents to shopping online, from buying her groceries to keeping track of her health records, she relies on her iPhone X to manage the majority of her daily life tasks. “I use it for a lot of the same things you […]
Blind Legislative Informational Networking Day (B.L.I.N.D.) (CANCELLED)
Due to the severity of the impending snowstorm, the BLIND Event has been moved from Tuesday, March 13, to Thursday, March 22. If you have already registered you do not need to register again. UPDATE: Due to additional weather related issues in Boston, the BLIND Event that was rescheduled for tomorrow, Thursday, March 22nd has […]
Author Showcase – Dorje Dolma presents Yak Girl: Growing Up in the Remote Dolpo Region of Nepal
Please join us at the Carroll Center on Thursday, February 15th, 2018 at 10:30am to welcome author Dorje Dolma as she talks about her new book Yak Girl: Growing Up in the Remote Dolpo Region of Nepal. Dorje Dolma was born in the remote Dolpo region of Nepal, high in the mountains bordering Tibet. She […]
His 2-Year-Old Daughter Is Slowly Going Blind. So He Invented A Game To Help Her Learn Braille
The majority of adults with a visual disability in the U.S. are also unemployed. The jobless rate is close to 60 percent, according to the National Federation of the Blind. Statistics like that, which shed light on the long list of challenges people with vision impairment face, were a driving force behind one father’s attempt to help his […]
