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Three Different Carroll Center Alumni Selected As Finalists For 2019 Holman Prize

...in the 2020 Newport to Bermuda Race. Note: Originally, Pauline was going to complete in the Marblehead to Halifax Race. Since this will will not take place again until 2021,...

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2019 Carroll Society Award Winner Profile: Kate Katulak

Each year, 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. Read...

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Web Accessibility: An EBSCO UX Designerโ€™s Perspective

...access to user feedback. EBSCO’s partnership with The Carroll Center is an opportunity to have more channels for feedback and communication throughout the phases of our design and development cycles....

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Cape Conversations: Empowering People with Vision Loss

...Officer Dina Rosenbaum, M.Ed, joined Cape Conversations host Melinda Gallant on Sandwich Community Television to discuss how the Center serves the local community. Watch the full video below:    ...

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Blind Food & Wine Tasting to Benefit the Carroll Center for the Blind

...ETHAN PLOTKIN (VIA NEWTV) On Sunday, October 27th, local-area food lovers and members of the community joined us at Farm Grill & Rotisserie’s first-ever blind wine and food tasting to...

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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...

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โ€˜Blind Tasting to Benefitโ€™ event held to support The Carroll Center for the Blind

VIA THE NEWTON TAB The “Blind Tasting to Benefit” fundraiser to support The Carroll Center for the Blind, 770 Centre St. in Newton, was held Oct. 27 at the Farm...

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Comcast Newsmakers: Accessibility and the Vision Impaired

HOSTED BY JENNY JOHNSON (VIA COMCAST NEWSMAKERS) The Carroll Center for the Blind provides programs that empower people of all ages and all stages of vision loss to live full...

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Visually Impaired Ready for the Job: Community Conversations on WXLO 104.5 FM

Vicki Greene of WXLO 104.5 FM recently invited the Carroll Center for the Blind to join her in the studio to discuss employment on her Community Conversations segment. Each week,...

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These Glasses Give Sight Back to the Blind

FROM THE HENRY FORD’S INNOVATION NATION WITH MO ROCCA eSight’s breakthrough electronic glasses enhance sight for people who are legally blind. eSight uses a cutting-edge camera, smart algorithms and high-resolution...