This listing is compiled by the Vision Loss Resource Center at the LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired. It is compiled weekly as a service to the blind and visually impaired community of Northern California. If you have meeting or event information that would be appropriate for inclusion in this list please email…
Read More Northern California Entertainment and Recreation Listing August 28We are seeking an Administrator for California’s Orientation Center for the Blind (OCB). This position is a full-time, permanent civil service position with the State of California Department of Rehabilitation, and it offers great benefits and a pleasant, safe work environment. The OCB campus is located in Albany, CA, on the eastern shore of…
Read More Job Opening Revised: Administrator for California’s Orientation Center for the BlindAugust 23, 2009 Vol 1, # 7
WARNING: COMMUNITY LIVING AT RISK !
We have just experienced an extraordinary attack on low-income consumers and workers in the In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Program. If allowed to go forward, 1000's of workers in San Francisco will lose their jobs and nearly 8,000 seniors and persons with disabilities will…
Read More Community Living Campaign News: Help People Stop the IHSS CutsCheck out the new BIRD guide brought to you by the Silicon Valley Council for the Blind. This directory provides a large listing of accessible sports, recreation, arts and entertainment options in the greater Bay Area. An electronic version lives on the SVCB site as well as on the LightHouse's Materials Resource…
Read More New Blind-Interest-Resource-Directory 2009!National Federation of the Blind of California (NFBC) invites you to join a celebration of Braille. Come one, come all!
Main Attractions include: CSB Jazz Ensemble, Exhibit Hall, Bunco, Resolution, and topics to include education rehabilitation and legislation concerning blind Californians.
Date: October 22-25, 2009
Location:
Hilton Hotel
39900 Balentine Drive
Newark, CA 94560
(The hotel is accessible from Bart, Airports,…
Read More NFBC ConventionEast Bay Innovations is accepting applications for their new County of Alameda Project SEARCH. They have a few more individuals to interview and have accepted three candidates, but have room for 12 and need more applicants. The website states that the deadline was August 17th, but they'll continue to accept applications until all the…
Read More Alameda County Project Search Internship ProgramWhen Ms. Uyanga Erdenebold, a blind student from Mongolia, arrived at Louisiana State University on a Fulbright Program scholarship, she had to get used to a new city, a new country, and the rigors of graduate school – not to mention the humidity. As she pursued her Master’s degree in Library Science, she learned…
Read More New Resource Provides Information for International Visitors to the U.S. who are Blind or have Low VisionThe California Foundation for Independent Living Centers seeks to hire an AT Logistics Coordinator. The responsibilities of this position include: organizing logistics for all AT Network meetings and trainings; coordinating accommodation requests including alternative formatting, interpreters, physical access and personal attendants; tracking registration of AT Network events; providing other logistical support for AT Network…
Read More Job Opening: California Foundation for Independent Living Centers, AT Logistics CoordinatorThis listing is compiled by the Vision Loss Resource Center at the LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired. It is compiled weekly as a service to the blind and visually impaired community of Northern California. If you have meeting or event information that would be appropriate for inclusion in this list please email…
Read More Northern California Entertainment and Recreation Listing August 21, 2009Come in to 214 Van Ness (415 694 7301) and check out this newest cutest video mag!
The Ruby, from freedom Scientific.
Our smallest, most portable handheld magnification solution
For the many people who need help reading text and seeing details because of low vision, traditional magnifying glasses work only up to a point. The RUBY video…
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