Action Alert: Tax Reform Increases Burden on Americans who are Blind
...on the current deductions individuals who are blind can utilize, which are slated for repeal: in the House bill under consideration: https://turbotax.intuit.com/tax-tips/disability/tax-tips-for-the-blind/L80haiutG Please email advocacy@acb.org with questions or feedback you...
A Love for Cars has this Computing for Employment Graduate Fueled to Land his Dream Job
...getting a new job. That’s when he enrolled in the Computing for Employment program at the Carroll Center for the Blind. The program was a “life-changing experience for [him].” He...
Hair-Sized Stent Offers Hope For Patients Suffering From Glaucoma
...something to lower the pressure in his eye to prevent permanent vision loss. It used to mean three different eye drops administered twice daily. Read more at article source: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2018/01/10/tiny-device-prevents-glaucoma/...
Finding Resilience: Para Rowers Upend Notions of Ability
...personal best. Community Rowing Inc. in Brighton, a neighborhood in Boston, is the largest public-access boathouse in the country and has a highly resourced, competitive para rowing program. The training...
Carroll Families Resources
...Seedlings Braille Book for Children- Blind Children in the US can receive 5 free braille books a year Mira Foundation provides guide dogs to eligible children between 11-17, free of...
User Tester Training Program to Empower Next Generation of Blind Accessibility Professionals
...employment in the field of digital accessibility to help companies with their accessibility compliance. Whether they work as an independent contractor, are hired by one of the many accessibility consulting...
Journey Through Vision Loss
...the Blind, 770 Centre Street Newton, MA 02458 Cost: Free 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM: Hope on the Horizon: ACDN-01 for Stargardt Disease Our day will begin with an enlightening...
Happy birthday, Braille: how writing you can touch is still helping blind people to read and learn
...people new opportunities to access information. Today’s computers and mobile devices are equipped with speech functions, which can read information aloud for blind users. So some are wondering whether braille...
