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Marilee Talkington’s performance “Truce”, through April 10

Marilee Talkington is a critically acclaimed actor, writer and director who earned her MFA from the American Conservatory Theatre marking her as one of only two legally blind actors in the country to do so.

Her solo show Truce, the story of her vision loss, has been getting fierce notice in the mainstream press and…

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Senior Center Without Walls Internship Program

Available beginning May or June 2010. Days and times flexible.

A stipend of $10 per hour will be awarded for this position.

Senior Center Without Walls, a non-sectarian, non-profit program sponsored by Episcopal Senior Communities, offers free activities, friendly conversation, and an assortment of classes and support groups on telephone conference calls to elders in Northern…

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Get involved in the national disability youth movement with KASA.

Are you interested in getting involved in the national disability youth movement? Are you between the ages of 12 and 24? Are you interested in learning how to inform youth about their rights, give peer-support and training, and to change systems to include youth? If you answered “YES” to these…

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AFB offers an Adobe Webinar

A message from American Foundation for the Blind:

Save the Date! - AFB & Adobe webinar on PDF accessibility April 5th

This free 90-minute webinar will demonstrate how Adobe's ubiquitous PDF is accessible by people with disabilities using assistive technology. Topics to be covered include different types of PDFs, using Adobe's built-in accessibility features, and navigating…

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Update from CSUN – part 2

With the idea that we'd glean some knowledge that would benefit the LightHouse's foray into tactile cartography and graphics Shen and I attended Service Based Approach to the Construction and Delivery of Audio Tactile Diagrams. The PhD thesis of two lads from Dublin City University School of Computing, researchers Declan McMullen and Donal Fitzpatrick,…

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Update from CSUN

Shen and I attended the seminar 508: The Next Generation. Didn't know quite what to expect, but was looking forward to learning about updates to the current Section 508 Standards. Standards issued by the US Access Board under Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act cover access to electronic and information technology procured by Federal…

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Jobs at Travis Air Force Base for visually impaired applicants.

Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, California has a contratc to employ 30-50 people with visual impairments to run the switchboard. These jobs all offer competitive wages and full benefits.

Applicants must be computer literate and they prefer that they be familiar with adaptive technology like JAWS or Zoomtext, but they are open to training…

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Accessible Pedestrian Signal Program Receives Stimulus Funds

**Press Release** SFMTA Expands APS Program

March 24, 2010

SFMTA Contact: Kristen Holland kristen.holland@sfmta.com

Contact for blind community organizations: Jessie Lorenz,  510.388.3903
jessie@ilrcsf.org

Linda Porelle  415.431.1481 lporelle@lighthouse-sf.org

Accessible Pedestrian Signal Program Receives Stimulus Funds

San Francisco-The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA), which oversees the surface transportation network in San Francisco including the Municipal Railway (Muni), today announced that the City…

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Job Openings: Guide Dogs for the Blind Outreach

A message from Guide Dogs for the Blind:

Announcing an opening at GDB for Outreach Agency Representatives (2
positions.

The Outreach Alumni Representative will conduct presentations to agencies and organizations for the blind, at blindness-related events, to individuals in the blindness community, and to other venues as assigned. The goal of the position will be to maintain…

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