How Fencing Helps Students Who Are Blind Navigate The World
WGBH News showcases how learning to fence can help visually impaired teenagers become more independent travelers with improved confidence. BY GABRIELLE EMMANUEL (VIA WGBH NEWS) Like many competitive sports, fencing...
‘To feel the wind’: Blind sailors take the helm in Boston Harbor
Limits were made for breaking – just ask sailors with vision loss. “There is a stereotype that if you’re blind, you can’t do anything,” says Katherine Kern, who has raced...
Researchers Are Making Memes Accessible to the Blind
Everyone loves a good meme. If you’re blind or visually impaired though, most internet memes are not accessible. Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University are trying to change that. BY CHRIS...
Cape Conversations: Empowering People with Vision Loss
If you’re dealing with vision loss, there are many resources available to you. We joined Melissa Gallant of Sandwich Community Television’s Cape Conversations to chat about what you can do....
Fostering Independence in Students with Visual Impairments
Educators can leverage sophisticated advancements in technology to help students with visual impairments develop new skills. BY CHARLES F.D. WARREN (VIA eSCHOOL NEWS) Technological innovation provides students with visual impairments...
‘A whole new world of freedom’: Sailors with Disabilities Compete at an Elite Level
On the water, it’s a level playing field for sailors of all abilities to compete. BY WILL LINENDOLL (VIA GOOD MORNING AMERICA) Pauline Dowell may never be able to drive...
Blind Food & Wine Tasting to Benefit the Carroll Center for the Blind
“Dining in the Dark” provided diners a deeper undestand of vision loss at Farm Grill & Rotisserie’s first-ever Blind Tasting to Benefit the Carroll Center for the Blind. FILMED BY...
Carroll Center’s Robert McGillivray Featured Speaker at South Shore Collaborative Low Vision Support Group
BY ROBERT MCGILLIVRAY (VIA TICNETWORK) If you or a loved one have recently been diagnosed with an eye condition, joining a support group may be the most important thing you...
How to Fix Higher Ed’s Accessibility Problem
BY CAITLIN R. WEINER (VIA MODUS) If a college education should be available to all, higher ed websites should be accessible to everyone. An Americans with Disabilities Act lawsuit was...
We Must Continue to Invest in Braille
BY GREGORY J. DONNELLY (VIA COMMONWEALTH MAGAZINE) Only 1 in 5 visually impaired school children read using Braille. IN A WORLD where technology is rapidly opening new doors for...
