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SF MOMA Blind and Low Vision focus group

Art Education for the Blind Focus Group: March 26  10:30am-Noon San Francisco Museum of Modern Art 151 Third Street San Francisco Art Education for the Blind(AEB) and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)   are working on making the museum’s collection accessible to people with vision loss. AEB is coming to San Francisco to conduct a focus group and train [...]

Federal Hiring Event for People with Disabilities. March 24 is the application deadline!

Last year President Obama announced several initiatives to increase the employment of people with disabilities in the federal workforce. In support of this goal, on April 26, 2010 the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) and the Department of Labor (DOL) Office of Disability Employment Policy, along with many other federal agencies, will host a day-long, [...]

Legally Blind Canadian Skier McKeever Wins Paralympic Cross Country Gold

Brian McKeever won a gold medal at the Vancouver Paralympics on Monday, less than a month after the legally blind Canadian cross-country skier lost his bid to compete in the Olympics.

LightHouse Names Bryan Bashin as New Executive Director/CEO

On April 1, the LightHouse will welcome new Executive Director/CEO, Bryan Bashin. Bashin’s extensive background in private and public executive leadership, consulting and community service make him an ideal fit for the helm of Northern California’s largest and most established agency serving the blind community.

Marilee Talkington’s Truce premieres March 17

Marilee Talkington  is a critically acclaimed actor, writer and director who works in plays, film, multi-media performance, journalism, and sound sculpture.  She is the founder and Artistic Director of Vanguardian  Productions, a Resident Artist of Crowded Fire and earned her Master of Fine Arts degree from the American Conservatory Theatre marking her as one of [...]

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My Vision Is

The LightHouse community spans all ages, races, ethnicities and abilities. Our vision is to create a world where access is the norm and not the exception.

 

Click here to listen to the vision of our volunteers, donors and friends.

Photo: My Vision Is portrait of Barbara Lassen

Adaptations

Shop Adaptations - the LightHouse Store

Store Features

Adaptations, the LightHouse Store will be closed for inventory March 31 through April 2. The store will re-open on Monday, April 5th.

Now available: Braille iPhone User Guide and VoiceOver Getting Started, Snow Leopard. Instructions and complete command lists for using Apple iPhone OS 3.0 and Apple VoiceOver with Mac OS X version 10.6 Snow Leopard.

 

Enchanted Hills Camp 2010

Two Youth Campers Relax in a Hammock at EHC

Founded in 1950, Enchanted Hills Camp (EHC) continues its legacy of serving blind, visually impaired, deaf-blind and multi-disabled youth, adults and seniors still today!

Enchanted Hills Camp is celebrating its 60th Birthday on Saturday, July 3rd, 2010. Email us your contact information to join the fun .

EHC Applications

Family Camp I (Blind Babies Foundation)

Family Camp Session II has sold out
Family Camp Session III has sold out

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