Events/Learning
Fair Housing Accessibility Training
Presented by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Cost: Free
When: Wednesday, March 26 8:30 am – 5:00 pm
Where: Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr. Federal Building 10 Causeway St. 1st floor auditorium, Boston
8:30 – 9:00 Registration
9:00 – 9:15 Section 3 Presentation**
9:15 – 10:45 Design and Construction Requirements of the Fair Housing [...]
Envision the Future … Transition from School to Adult Life
For a child who is visually impaired, blind, deafblind, and may or may not have additional disabilities, transitioning into adult life requires careful planning, skill building, and preparation on multiple levels.
To help in this endeavor, on March 29, 2008, the Perkins School for the Blind will [...]
Following up on the conversations started in previous months, discussions continue in Weston this month:
Wednesday, February 19 7:00 – 8:30 p.m.
at Weston Public Library, 87 School Street, Weston, MA
(directions)
rsvp to events@springwell.com or (617) 926-4100
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 [...]
When: Wednesday, February 27 6-8 pm
What: Social Concerns – People Centered Design as a Tool for Change
Presenter: Rama Gheerawo Innovation Leader and Research Fellow at the Helen Hamlyn Centre
Where: Institute for Human Centered Design Adaptive Environments 200 Portland Street Boston
Summary: Centering design around people can significantly increase corporate competitiveness and value, while acting [...]
The conversation about community living in the future continues at Springwell (elder services) . . .
the CONVERSATIONS have begun
Throughout Massachusetts, boomers and non-boomers alike are talking about how to create the communities of THEIR FUTURE. Retirement communities, assisted livings and nursing homes are not part of the picture.They are focused on remaining in their home [...]
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 [...]
From Stephanie Sawyer-Ames of the Watertown Special Education Parent Advisory Council:
The SEPAC meeting dates are a bit different for February and March – they’re only a week apart. Our March meeting is co-sponsored with Arlington and is in Arlington. Both are great speakers. Catch them if you can!
- February 27, 2008: It’s a Mad, Mad [...]
Disability, Aging and Older Workers
A National Audio-Conference
Tuesday February 19, 2 – 3:30 pm EST
Speaker Michael Williams, Ph.D., Rehabilitation Planning Specialist, Department of Veterans Affairs, Blind Rehabilitation Service National Program Office, Rehabilitation Strategic Health Care Group
Overall, 15% of Americans ages 65 and older are currently working or actively seeking work. From 2000-2015 the U.S. labor force [...]
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 [...]
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