The Northern California Chapter of the Association for Education and Rehabilitation of the Blind and Visually Impaired and the California School for the Blind present a Bookshare Professional Development Workshop to be held on Wednesday April 18th, 2012, from 8:00 am to 3:30 pm at the California School for the Blind. This free Professional Development … Continue reading Bookshare Professional Development Workshop
On March 22nd through March 25th, the Remote Area Medical (RAM) Foundation will be providing free medical services at the Oakland Coliseum including dental and vision services performed by professional dentists. Starting at 3:30 a.m. on each of these days, they will begin issuing numbers on a first-come, first-serve basis and begin calling numbers … Continue reading Free Medical Services at the Oakland Coliseum
Certain technologies can provide intelligent and innovative solutions for people who are blind or visually impaired. Join the LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired on Tuesday, April 10, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. and learn how to access and enjoy technologies like iTunes, iPad, iPhone and iPod. Learn from experts about accessibility features … Continue reading Accessibility Out of the Box: A Tech Seminar
Do you have a Clipper Card and have you had trouble using it? If so, please join the LightHouse and Disability Rights Advocates for a focus group of blind users to talk about situations and issues such as the following: Difficulty finding the machines to tag your Clipper Card when riding BART or Caltrain Difficulty … Continue reading Focus Groups for Blind and Visually Impaired Clipper Card Users
Attorneys Timothy Elder and Scott LaBarre are interested in speaking with any blind business owners or employees who have attempted to open or use a business bank account at Citibank. They are particularly interested to hear if you have had any problems with accessing the website interface for your account or entering your password without sighted … Continue reading Accessibility Problems with your Citibank Account?
Would you like to learn how blind people tackle the supposedly visual-only subject of organic chemistry successfully? Do you have a general love for science? Do you want to learn how you can do chemistry as a blind person just as successfully as your sighted peers? Do you want to apply the chemistry you learned … Continue reading High School Chemistry Camp to be Bigger and Better than Ever – Deadline to Apply is April 5
Join instructor Nancy Yates this Saturday for a wonderful, happy workshop of stretching, breathing and giggling. When: Saturday, March 17, 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Where: LightHouse San Francisco Headquarters Contact: Brandon Young, byoung@old.lighthouse-sf.org, 415-694-7372 Refreshments (chai and strawberries) will be served. RSVPs are encouraged.
The East Bay Chapter of the National Federation of the Blind of California is granting $500 to a lucky somebody to help get them to their first national convention of the National Federation of the Blind, NFB. The convention will be held in Dallas, Texas, from June 30 to July 5, 2012. If you are … Continue reading Scholarship to Attend NFB Convention in Dallas – Apply by March 16
The American Action Fund for Blind Children and Adults (AAF) is making its free braille books for blind children available online as downloadable BRF files. Since 1997, the AAF has provided popular and award-winning children’s books, including titles from popular series, to blind children throughout the United States, as well as to libraries and other … Continue reading American Action Fund Free Braille Books Program
As part of our new Future Professionals Training Program, the LightHouse is proud to present Team-Building and Effective Communication, the first of three Transition Summits for 2012. We are really interested in finding youth between the ages of 16 to 24 who are enrolled with the Department of Rehabilitation. Please join us at beautiful Enchanted … Continue reading 16- to 24-Year-Olds Will Learn How to Work and Play on a Team at This Year’s Transition Summit
