Why Inclusive Cities Start with Safe Streets
...or healthy.” ASLA’s universal design guidelines consider physical disabilities like limited mobility, blindness and low-vision, and Deafness and hardness of hearing; people with neuro-cognitive disorders like dementia and Alzheimer’s disease;...
For the Blind in Massachusetts, a High-Tech Boost
...for the Blind, more than 128,000 state residents report having “vision difficulty,” ranging from total blindness to serious difficulty seeing. Legally blind individuals who register with the Massachusetts Commission for...
Haben Girma: My Disability Has Been an Opportunity for Innovation
...at Lewis & Clark college in Portland, Oregon. “I asked the cafeteria manager to provide something that I as a deafblind student could access,” she says. “Blindness wasn’t the problem:...
Memes Still Aren’t Accessible to People Who Are Blind. What’s Being Done About It?
...front of a determined-looking face. “Success kid” is one of the most popular online memes in history. But for the 2.2 billion people worldwide who report visual impairments or blindness,...
Assistive Technology Device Lab to Empower Individuals with Vision Loss
...blindness. Both free and paid mobile applications like Aira or Microsoft’s Seeing AI provide the ability to narrate the world through your smartphone camera—reading out street signs, printed text, and...
This Blind Gamer Is Fighting for Accessibility in Video Games
...voices become the more people start paying attention.” Saylor’s channel also helps disprove many common myths about blindness…. Read the full story about Steve Saylor fighting for video game accessibility...
Why Reddit Has Become A Favorite Social Media Platform for Many Blind and Visually Impaired People
...strangers to interact with, and a community of users from all over the world who live with blindness or visual impairments. On Reddit, Proulx has been an active user for...
Carroll Society Awards Recognize Blind Individuals Making an Impact in the Workplace
...blindness organizations will also recognize Joseph Quintanilla of Burlington as the Blind Employee of the Year for his work as the Vice President of Development and Major Gifts at National...
Remote Instruction and Support Topics
...next fiscal year. Out-of-state individuals who are registered with their local state blindness agency should make an inquiry to their case manager. Please contact Admissions for more information. *Please view...
eCarroll Remote Instruction
...x 215 or by email at info@carroll.org. Out-of-state individuals who are registered with their local state blindness agency should make an inquiry to their case manager about eCarroll Remote Instruction....
