WEBINAR: Eyes on Innovation, A Deep Dive into AI-Powered Smart Glasses for Blind People
Join The Lighthouse for the Blind, Inc. webinar team as we explored the exciting new world of AI-powered, wearable smart glasses. We took a [...]
Achromatopsia, Technology, & Independence
Dr. Anna Shagas, Lighthouse Low Vision Optometrist, explains the importance and methods on how to best protect one's eyes.
100 People Joined the White Cane Day Walk, Illustrating the Power of Independence
Oct 15 is White Cane Day, and nearly 100 people who are blind, people with low vision, and allies and friends walked in solidarity highlighting their empowerment as independent people.
Increasing Access and Opportunity – National Disability Employment Awareness Month
Why National Disability Employment Awareness Month is Important Today, seven out of every ten adults who are blind are unemployed or significantly underemployed in [...]
How Blind People Balance Million Dollar Budgets & Lead Organizations
Incredibly high rates of unemployment and underemployment among those who are blind can largely be explained by one simple fact - many employers simply [...]
Where Innovation Meets Accessibility
Portrait of Ian, a light skinned man with thick rimmed glasses, salt and pepper hair and beard, who is smiling at the camera. [...]
The Importance of Braille Literacy
January is Braille Literacy Month! Braille literacy is important not only to Lighthouse staff. It is also important to the way the Lighthouse functions. [...]
Mae Mullen Becomes First Female DeafBlind CNC Operator
When we feature the success stories of the Lighthouse, or highlight a program that needs community support, we interview employees and community members, and [...]
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 [...]
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).
