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Three Braille Challenge participants with their Perkins Braillers during the testing process.

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Blind Users Wanted for Chrome Usability Study

Google is currently scheduling people who are blind for a usability study to take place on Thursday, January 26, 2012, at the Assistive Technology Teaching and Learning Center in Berkeley. The goal of this study is to learn more about…

NFB, AFB Accepting Applications for 2012 Scholarships

2012 NFB Scholarship Program for Blind College-Bound Students Are you legally blind and will you be a full-time college student attending the fall 2012 semester in the United States or Puerto Rico? The National Federation of the Blind Scholarship Program…

Video Description for the 21st Century Classroom

Join the Smith-Kettlewell Eye Research Institute for a free, forward-looking webinar on the changing world of educational video description on Tuesday, January 24, 2012. This exciting and interactive presentation is perfect for teachers, administrators and parents who want to know…

Window-Eyes training by GW Micro

GW Micro will be offering a two-day Window-Eyes training at the LightHouse in February. Take the training that the American Foundation for the Blind raved about in their review of Window-Eyes training in the July 2010 edition of AccessWorld (www.afb.org/aw)….

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Watch or Listen to our 2011 Employment Summit Presentations!

Jobseeker Dexter speaks with Summit speaker Joe Xaviar about employment

In September 2011 the LightHouse offered its very first Employment Summit, a series of presentations and networking opportunities dedicated exclusively to blind and visually impaired jobseekers. Watch or listen to any or all of the 24 lively, informative, inspirational and interactive presentations from the Summit. // WATCH // LISTEN

Join Our New Fitness Partner Program!

A silhouette of two athletes on a tandem bike

Sometimes all it takes to get people moving is a good partnership! We want to pair blind athletes with sighted guides for a wide variety of athletic endeavors – anything from working out at the gym and biking, to running the next half marathon.

Interested? Sign Up Here!

The Hanging of the Beaded Quilt Art Mural is Complete!

The Beaded Quilt Art Mural sits on front of the LightHouse building facing Van Ness Avenue

If you’ve passed by our office in San Francisco recently, you may have noticed something peculiarly colorful. We’ve just finished hanging up the Beaded Quilt Art Mural in front of our building facing Van Ness avenue. Over a year in the making and consisting of over 150,000 beads, the mural represents the colorfulness and diversity of the Bay Area blindness community who assembled it. Many thanks to GK Callahan, local artist and LightHouse staff member for spearheading the project! For more photos of the Beaded Quilt visit our Facebook photo album.