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What Medicine Can Learn From Doctors And Researchers With Disabilities

BY SUSIE NEILSON (Via NPR) Bonnielin Swenor has devoted her life to studying visual impairment in older adults. But for a long time, she didn’t often discuss the motivation fueling...

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Wellesley Teen Finds Inspiration To Graduate After Losing Vision Senior Year

BY PAUL BURTON (Via CBS Boston) WELLESLEY (CBS) – There’s no doubt in Harry Clark’s mind that he would walk across the stage and graduate with his class at Wellesley...

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Walking the Talk: How Businesses Can Help Build Strong Communities

BY DOUG MARSHALL (Via TRIPLEPUNDIT) Being a force for good in the world is more important than ever. The challenges our communities face are mounting quickly— including education, jobs, poverty,...

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Always losing your lucky socks?

BY THE CARROLL STORE We’ve all lost things before. It’s the worst feeling. Keys, wallets, phones—maybe even a pair of your lucky socks—there’s no shortage of things to misplace. Nothing...

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Web Accessibility: An EBSCO UX Designer’s Perspective

BY WENDEE FIORILLO (Via EBSCOpost) EBSCO Information Services has partnered with The Carroll Center for the Blind, using accessible design to create a better user experience for all researchers. EBSCO...

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$40M OK’d to Make Natick Center T Station Accessible to Disabled

BY JEFF MALACHOWSKI (Via METROWEST DAILY NEWS) The state Capital Investment Program approved by the DOT and MBTA boards last week includes funding for two major transportation projects in the...

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How Tablet Games Can Teach Skills to Students with Visual Impairments

Tablet games are more than just fun for students with visual impairments BY WADE TYLER MILLWARD (Via EdSurge) Marty Schultz has added a twist to hangman, the classic word-guessing game....

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Burger King in Brazil Breaks New Ground With Spot Featuring Blind Customer

In Brazil, Burger King takes steps toward inclusion airing ad with audio description that features a customer who is blind. BY MITCH REAMES (Via ADWEEK) It’s the first ad that...

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Carroll Center Assistive Technology Instructor Featured on FSCast Podcast to Discuss Work, Formatting Documents

David Kingsbury, Assistive Technology Instructor at the Carroll Center for the Blind, talks formatting Word documents on FSCast Podcast BY FSCAST (FREEDOM SCIENTIFIC’S OFFICIAL PODCAST) For blind or visually impaired...

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Lego Just Released Audio and Braille Instructions

The Lego Foundation has created both audio and braille instructions to build their Lego blocks for people who are blind or visually impaired. BY HANNAH NATANSON (Via THE WASHINGTON POST)...