Carroll Center for the Blind Announces Be My Eyes Partnership
...services, vocational and transition programs, assistive technology training, educational support, services for seniors, and an optical shop. For more information, visit www.carroll.org. To inquire about Be My Eyes, contact community@bemyeyes.com....
Blind People Can Struggle to Understand Memes, So They Made Their Own
BY JUSTIN CAFFIER | Screen-reading software allows visually impaired people to use the internet, but it hits a wall when it comes to memes. | In January, a photo of...
Seeing What’s New – Community Conversations on WXLO 104.5 FM
...find your preferred listening method below: YouTube (Embedded Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9bxJqG_rC8 Default Browser Player (Accessible) Listen through your default web browser player at the link here. WXLO 104.5 FM Website Listen...
Summer Job Opportunities
...or Orientation & Mobility Professional (COMS). Open Summer Positions Residential Staff [July 1, 2024 – August 15, 2024] We seek enthusiastic and compassionate Resident Assistants (RA) and Residential Rehab Assistants...
His 2-Year-Old Daughter Is Slowly Going Blind. So He Invented A Game To Help Her Learn Braille
...Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas for creating a game he calls BecDot. It’s designed to help his 2-year-old daughter, Rebecca, learn pre-braille concepts. Read more at article source: http://www.wbur.org/hereandnow/2018/01/12/usher-syndrome-becdot...
Two Bruins players visit Carroll Center for the Blind
...he and Vatrano were impressed by the clients’ skills. Lobban and Erwin said they are both hockey fans and were happy the players came. Read more at article source: http://newton.wickedlocal.com/news/20180201/bruins-players-impressed-by-visit-to-newtons-carroll-center-for-blind...
New Drug Delivery Device Treats Glaucoma from Within the Eye
...patient can avoid such deleterious effects as vision loss or complete blindness. However, the most common way to treat glaucoma requires a strict regiment of medicated eye drops. This may...
Eye Catchers 20/20: The Carroll Center for the Blind
HOSTED BY CAROL BORTMAN (VIA EYE CATCHERS 20/20, A BROOKSBY VILLAGE PRODUCTION) It’s no secret that aging correlates with an increased risk of vision disorders. From cataracts to age-related macular...
This Lancaster County woman wants to see all 59 national parks before she goes blind [video]
...Gordon, have explored nearly 40 national parks. They have about 20 parks left in their quest to see nature’s majesty from coast to coast. Read more at article source: http://lancasteronline.com/features/together/this-lancaster-county-woman-wants-to-see-all-national-parks/article_cbdc71cc-c09c-11e7-a146-27533e881f4b.html...
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/...
