WEEI 103.7 Community Matters with Scott Cordischi
Scott Cordischi of WEEI 103.7 recently invited the Carroll Center for the Blind to join him on the Community Matters segment. Tina Laffer, Director of Community Engagement and Outreach at the Carroll Center for the Blind joined Cordischi for a conversation about the Carroll Center and the 2023 Walk for Independence. Listen through your default [...]
5 for Good: Newton Nonprofit Helps People with Vision Loss Lead Full Lives
Holly Polgreen has been a speech language pathologist since 1994. For the past 16 years, she's worked with preschoolers in Brookline, recently learning to work with them in a different way. Legally blind, Polgreen pre-reads books into a recorder, and there's Braille on her flash cards. Those tools are new to Polgreen. Right before turning [...]
Carroll Society Award Winners – 2023
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 [...]
The Carroll Center for the Blind Names New Director and Assistant Director
NEWTON, Mass. (March 23, 2023) – The Carroll Center for the Blind, a leader in services for individuals confronted by the challenges of low vision and blindness, today named Tina Laffer as the new Director of Outreach and Community Engagement and Donna Mitchell as the O&M Assistant Education Director. Tina Laffer is a highly experienced [...]
Carroll Center for the Blind Announces Bruce Howell and Eileen Y. Lee Breger Appointment to the Board of Directors.
NEWTON, Mass. (January 5th, 2023) – The Carroll Center for the Blind, a foremost leader in rehabilitation services for visually impaired individuals, is proud to announce the appointment of Bruce Howell and Eileen Y. Lee Breger to its Board of Directors. Both of these individuals will each help lead the Center to new heights with [...]
Carroll Center for the Blind Announces Strategic Partnership with Level Access
NEWTON, Mass. Dec. 15, 2022 -- The Carroll Center for the Blind—a pioneering and innovative vision rehabilitation and educational center for the blind and visually impaired of all ages, is pleased to announce its strategic partnership with Level Access—the trusted provider of enterprise digital accessibility solutions. Through this partnership, Level Access has committed to a multi-year grant to [...]
Carroll Society Award Winners – 2022
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 [...]
Winners Announced: 22nd Annual New England Regional Braille Challenge
The 22nd Annual New England Regional Braille Challenge is officially a wrap! Congratulations to everyone who participated in the virtual New England Regional Braille Challenge on February 12, 2022. 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 [...]
Growing into Braille Technology
At five years old, an age when most kindergarteners were just beginning to learn individual letter names and sounds, I remember working with the Perkins Brailler. The Perkins Brailler is similar to a typewriter and produces braille on paper instead of producing it electronically. At ten years old, I was proficient in braille and received [...]
Carroll Center for the Blind Announces $1.5M Donation from the Gund Family, New Building Name
Donation will support rehabilitation initiatives for people who are blind or have low vision and name The Lulie Gund Center for Vision Rehabilitation. Gordon Gund (left) and his two sons Grant (center) and Zack (right) stand in front of the newly dedicated Lulie Gund Center for Vision Rehabilitation during a ceremony on December 5th, 2021 [...]
