The LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired in San Francisco is pleased to announce the winners of the fifth annual Holman Prize for Blind Ambition.
Last month an international...
Title: Twelve Zodiac Signs
Description: Twelve symbols laid out in a grid, 3 across and 4 down. From left to right, top to bottom.
Aries (ram). The symbol represents the face and...
https://lighthouse-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/ZodiacSigns_Featured.jpg13372416Naomi Rosenberghttps://lighthouse-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/lighthouse-sf-logo.svgNaomi Rosenberg2021-08-13 12:00:082021-08-13 12:00:08Touching The News: What do the 12 signs of the Zodiac look like?
For the past several months, LightHouse has resumed select face-to-face classes, while maintaining safety for staff and students. The recent rise of the Omicron variant means taking a more cautious...
This summer, LightHouse was thrilled to bring back the Youth Employment Services (YES) Summer Academy. Due to COVID-19 restrictions and health and safety protocols, last year we ran the program...
https://lighthouse-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/heaven-YES-student-scaled-1.jpg25601920Caitlin O'Maliorhttps://lighthouse-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/lighthouse-sf-logo.svgCaitlin O'Malior2021-08-04 13:52:242021-08-04 13:52:24This Year Marked the Return of the YES Academy to EHC
For more than 30 years California’s private agencies serving the blind have had a loose informal association with one another. In recent years, funding streams for training homemakers, non-vocational services...
https://lighthouse-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/d9cb1dea-7213-0f2f-c33d-8e914710eaf0.png441328LightHouse Staffhttps://lighthouse-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/lighthouse-sf-logo.svgLightHouse Staff2021-08-04 13:46:562021-08-04 13:46:56California Agencies for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CAABVI) appoints first Executive Director
Adapting Comics for Blind and Low Vision Readers
Presented by: San Francisco State University’s Comic Studies Department, The Program for Vision Impairments, and the Longmore Institute on Disability
Sponsored...
https://lighthouse-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/comics-webinar.png11252000LightHouse Staffhttps://lighthouse-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/lighthouse-sf-logo.svgLightHouse Staff2021-08-03 16:37:342021-08-03 16:37:34Free Day-Long Symposium on Making Comics Accessible, August 12
Title: NBA Basketball Court
Description: Aerial view of a standard NBA basketball court, a horizontal rectangle. Two equal sides of the court are mirrored by the (vertically drawn) half-court line,...
https://lighthouse-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/BasketballCourt_featured-1-scaled-1.jpg14172560Naomi Rosenberghttps://lighthouse-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/lighthouse-sf-logo.svgNaomi Rosenberg2021-07-30 12:00:292025-03-10 06:08:12What is the layout of an NBA Basketball court?
A few weeks ago, we introduced you to the fourteen 2021 Holman Prize for Blind Ambition Finalists. Three from this ambitious group of blind people who want to challenge misconceptions about...
LightHouse is excited to partner with SciAccess Initiative for the launch of a new program, Mission: AstroAccess. This is a program designed to bring diversity and inclusion to the STEM...
Title: Israel, Gaza, West Bank
Description: Map of Israel-Palestine, Gaza Strip, West Bank, Golan, and neighboring countries. The map includes a north arrow and scale, approximately 1 inch = 40 miles. The Mediterranean...
https://lighthouse-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Israel-Gaza-WestBank_featured.jpg14122550Naomi Rosenberghttps://lighthouse-sf.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/lighthouse-sf-logo.svgNaomi Rosenberg2021-07-16 12:00:112021-07-16 12:00:11New from Touching The News: Tactile Map of Gaza Strip and West Bank
And the 2021 Holman Prizewinners Are…
/in LightHouse News/by Caitlin O'MaliorTouching The News: What do the 12 signs of the Zodiac look like?
/in Touching the News/by Naomi RosenbergLightHouse Face-to-Face & Virtual Classes Available; Other Face-to-Face Services by Appointment
/in LightHouse News/by LightHouse StaffThis Year Marked the Return of the YES Academy to EHC
/in LightHouse News/by Caitlin O'MaliorCalifornia Agencies for the Blind and Visually Impaired (CAABVI) appoints first Executive Director
/in LightHouse News/by LightHouse StaffFree Day-Long Symposium on Making Comics Accessible, August 12
/in LightHouse News/by LightHouse StaffWhat is the layout of an NBA Basketball court?
/in Touching the News/by Naomi RosenbergMeet the Distinguished 2021 Holman Prize Jurors
/in LightHouse News/by LightHouse StaffLightHouse partners with SciAccess to launch Mission: AstroAccess
/in LightHouse News/by LightHouse StaffNew from Touching The News: Tactile Map of Gaza Strip and West Bank
/in Touching the News/by Naomi Rosenberg