Lisamaria Martinez, Author at LightHouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired

Disability Rights Advocates (DRA), a non-profit legal center, is investigating complaints involving problems with electronic, accessible voting machines at poll sites in San Francisco County. Are you an individual who uses an electronic voting machine and has experienced problems voting at your poll site with the machine? For example: The machine was not working. The … Continue reading Have you been denied a private and independent vote on Election Day? →

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Survey on Sidewalk Features Used to Improve Accessibility

11/18/2013 Lisamaria Martinez 2 Comments

Please take ten minutes before November 27 to fill out a survey that will help UC Berkeley students design sidewalks. Excerpted from the survey: We are landscape architecture graduate students at UC Berkeley’s College of Environmental Design. We are conducting research on preferences for the look and feel of sidewalk features that are used to … Continue reading Survey on Sidewalk Features Used to Improve Accessibility →

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FREE Screening of CinemAbility in Emeryville

11/15/2013 Lisamaria Martinez

CinemAbility is an Independent film that is getting great reviews. You can read the review here. From the early days of silent films to present day, from Chaplin to X-Men, disability portrayals are ever changing. This dynamic documentary takes a detailed look at the evolution of “disability” in entertainment by going behind the scenes to … Continue reading FREE Screening of CinemAbility in Emeryville →

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Participate in Research Concerning Social Security Administration Disability Determination Policy

11/14/2013 Lisamaria Martinez

Doron Dorfman, a graduate law student at Stanford Law School, is researching disability policy with the goal of improving service for benefits claimants. He is developing a project on Disability Law and Disability Studies focusing on the perceptions, experiences and attitudes of people with disabilities towards the Social Security Administration’s Disability Determination Process (DDS) on … Continue reading Participate in Research Concerning Social Security Administration Disability Determination Policy →

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National Federation of the Blind 2014 Scholarship Program

11/14/2013 Lisamaria Martinez

Are you a legally blind college student living in the United States or Puerto Rico? This annual program offers 30 scholarships worth from $3,000 to $12,000 to eligible students, from high school seniors beginning their freshman year in the fall semester of 2014, up through grad students working on their PhD degrees. These merit scholarships … Continue reading National Federation of the Blind 2014 Scholarship Program →

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Are You a Legally Blind College Student Graduating Next Year?

11/14/2013 Lisamaria Martinez

Do you know someone who is? The National Research and Training Center on Blindness and Low Vision (NRTC) is pairing students nationwide with mentors who are also legally blind and working in a similar field of interest. Mentoring opportunities include face-to-face mentoring, job shadowing and networking. Students must be under age 35 and should sign … Continue reading Are You a Legally Blind College Student Graduating Next Year? →

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LightHouse Youth Program presents: White Elephant Gift Party

11/06/2013 Lisamaria Martinez

Have you ever received a gift you neither wanted nor had any use for? Well, here’s your opportunity to unload that cringe-worthy dust collector in a fun and humorous way. Come join the LightHouse Youth Program as we celebrate the holidays with our 1st Annual White Elephant Party. For those unfamiliar, a White Elephant Party … Continue reading LightHouse Youth Program presents: White Elephant Gift Party →

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It’s a Tradition: LightHouse Holiday Food and Toy Drive

10/30/2013 Lisamaria Martinez

Please join LightHouse and the Bay Area blind community this holiday season in helping those who will really smile at our caring gifts, as we host our 2nd Annual LightHouse Food and Toy Drive. From November 1st through December 15th LightHouse will be collecting canned and dried food goods for the San Francisco Food Bank, … Continue reading It’s a Tradition: LightHouse Holiday Food and Toy Drive →

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Adaptations Product of the Month: Wikki Stix

10/21/2013 Lisamaria Martinez

Need a quick and inexpensive repair for your jewelry, watchbands, or eyeglasses? Having trouble opening jars that are tightly screwed? Want a flexible labeling device that is reusable? Let Wikki Stix be your helper. These fun, waxy sticks are re-usable, non-toxic and can be used for many everyday tasks. They can be used to label … Continue reading Adaptations Product of the Month: Wikki Stix →

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Have an old boat collecting dust or a car that you’ve been meaning to get rid of?

10/20/2013 Lisamaria Martinez

The end of the year is approaching fast. Don’t miss out on your 2013 vehicle donation tax deduction and the opportunity to support the LightHouse for the Blind. But if you´re not looking to get rid of that boat, you can even donate your car to the LightHouse.