Trail offers blind a walk in nature, solo (Boston Globe, 5/25/08)
May 26, 2008
From Sunday’s Boston Globe, West. Watch for an accessible trail on Charles River Road here in Watertown, now in the works!:
Trail offers blind a walk in nature, soloBy John Dyer Globe Correspondent /
May 25, 2008
The Stony Brook Wildlife Sanctuary in Norfolk is opening a path in the woods designed especially for sightless hikers. With a guide rope, informational plaques in Braille and other innovations, its creators say that when the facility’s Sensory Trail officially opens Thursday, it will give the vision-impaired a rare opportunity to do what the sighted take for granted: experience nature in solitude. [more…]
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