Blind/Low Vision
Massachusetts is studying the needs of people with disabilities for assistive technology (known as AT). If you are an AT user yourself, we hope you will take the time and respond to the survey. If you work with AT users or have someone usingh AT in your family, your response is requested as well. Your [...]
Perkins’ employee featured in the Sunday Globe/West Weekly section:
Confidence in a world unseen
A mobility specialist, Natick resident Suzi Abu-Jaber teaches people – including infants – with visual impairments to get around life’s obstacles.
SUZANNE KREITER/GLOBE STAFF
February 17, 2008
For nearly two decades, Suzi Abu-Jaber has been helping visually impaired children gain the confidence to venture out into [...]
News from Perkins:
Perkins to Expand Adaptive Technology Products and Services
Building upon [its] mission to provide services that build productive and meaningful lives for people with impaired vision, Perkins School for the Blind intends to acquire the assets of Adaptive Technology Consulting, Inc. (ATC) of Salisbury, MA. ATC is a privately-owned company whose high-technology adaptive devices, [...]
Horticulture Sale
Thomas and Bessie Pappas Horticulture Center, Perkins School for the Blind
Come to the Valentine’s Day Horticulture Sale at the Thomas and Bessie Pappas Horticulture Center on Wednesday February 13 from 11-12 and 2:15-4 p.m. and Thursday February 14 from 10:30-12 and 1:30-3.
Items for sale will include:
Foliage and holiday flowering plants
Cinnamon and lavender rose sachets
Herbal [...]
Watertown resident named this year’s “Hero among us” by the (again) fabulous Boston Celtics! Congratulations Jaimi!!
Perkins Alumna named “Hero Among Us”
When she was born deaf and blind, doctors told Jaimi Lard’s parents she would not be able to learn at all. But today Jaimi spends most of her time teaching others about the obstacles [...]
A boost for Braille
By Ralph Ranalli
Globe Staff / January 5, 2008
WATERTOWN – Justin Morse’s hands glide nimbly across the keys at the bottom of a device about the size of large hardcover book. His eyes closed, his head nodding rhythmically in concentration, the 14-year-old looks like a young virtuoso playing a small, silent piano. [...]
Commission on Disability member and director of Perkins Braille & Talking Book Library Kim Charlson was interviewed by the Commonwealth Journal host Janis Pryor. The interview aired on December 9 on WUMB (91.9FM) and can be heard on the Perkin’s website.
Prof. Henry Santos to Speak at Perkins on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Prof. Henry “Hank” Santos will speak at Perkins School for the Blind on Martin Luther King Day, January 21, 2008 from 11:30-12:30. He will talk about his 17 years as a music teacher at Perkins, and – more significantly – about his [...]
.... From Teddy Kokoros posting on h2otown—a song from this evening’s holiday concert at Perkins, O Come all ye Faithful ....
From Chris Helms, posting on H2Otown (thanks Chris)—Today’s wintry mix has put a halt to the Sunday, Dec. 16 choral and hand bell concert at Perkins. The concert has been moved to Wednesday, Dec. 19 at 7 p.m., according to the folks at the school. For more information on the free concert, call 617-972-7478
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