6 low-cost ways to make your workplace accessible
There is an incredible amount of high-tech technology and adaptive equipment available that can make your workplace accessible for people who are blind or low [...]
16 Tips for Communicating With People Who Have Vision Loss
Do you know someone with vision loss? An encouraging and understanding support system is incredibly important to a person adapting to life with a vision [...]
Employee Spotlight: Roger Poulin
Roger Poulin has been with The Lighthouse since 2013. A fifteen-year veteran of the federal government where he worked as a computer programmer, Roger now uses his technical skills to teach others as an instructor at the Technology Training Center (TTC).
Independence and Accessibility for All
This July the Lighthouse honors and celebrates independence and accessibility for all. In addition to commemorating our nation’s Declaration of Independence on July 4th, [...]
HUD Safe Travel Grant Provides Lighthouse Employees with Training and Equipment
“I have been here at the Lighthouse for 12 years, and have never received such positive feedback on any initiative we have implemented. Employees who [...]
Safe Travel Grant Provides Opportunities for Lighthouse Employees
Over the past two years The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc. has implemented services under the Housing and Urban Development Neighborhood Initiative Safe Travel Grant. [...]
Lighthouse employees ask: “How do I know if the iPhone is right for me?”
Courtesy of Julie Brannon, ECS Support Services Manager "How do I know if the iPhone is right for me?" These were the exact words I [...]
“Accessibility is the Key” by Lighthouse Employee Keri Brent
My typical workday at The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc. as Development Assistant begins when I arrive in the morning. The first thing I do [...]
King County to Approve Vehicle Maintenance Fee to Maintain Metro Bus Service
The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc. is gratified to see that major cuts to Metro bus services have been averted by this morning's announcement that [...]
Lighthouse Receives Employees Community Fund of Boeing Puget Sound Grant for Braille Computer Equipment
In September of 2010, the Lighthouse received a generous grant to purchase new computer equipment.
