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2016 Jo Adcock Service Award Presented to Randy Pierce
Nashua, NH – November 17, 2016: On November 12th, during a celebratory fundraising dinner that was hosted by the organization 2020 Vision Quest, the New Hampshire Association for the Blind’s Client Services Committee surprised Randy Pierce of Nashua with the 2016 Jo Adcock Service Award.
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2016 Access Award Presented to Keene State College
Keene, NH – October 7, 2016: The New Hampshire Association for the Blind honored Keene State College as the 2016 recipient of its annual Access Award. The award is presented to a New Hampshire individual, corporation, or organization that demonstrates exceptional and innovative efforts to provide enhanced access and to eliminate barriers for those who are blind or visually impaired.
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NH Association for the Blind selected as Regional Clinical Assessment Partner by eSight
Concord, NH – September 15, 2016: The New Hampshire Association for the Blind has been chosen by eSight, a Toronto based firm, as their Regional Clinical Assessment Partner for their innovative, wearable, electronic, assistive technology designed specifically for individuals with low vision. As a partner NH Association for the Blind will serve as a regional provider of product demonstrations, client assessments, and training using its staff of occupational therapists and vision rehabilitation specialists.
Read Full Story > New Partnership to Bring Innovative Eyewear Technology to NH and Beyond
Partnership between local organizations will provide outreach and training on iCanConnect
Concord, NH – August 30, 2016: iCanConnect is a federal program designed to help individuals with combined hearing and vision loss to connect with family, friends and community. It was established by the FCC in an effort to comply with the 21st Century Video and Communications Accessibility Act, a federal law that required people with disabilities to have access to modern communications technology that enable distance communication.
It’s easy to take the act of voting for granted. Getting out and voting on Election Day seems rather simple, right? Most of us can drive, walk, or bike to a polling location. We tell the poll worker our names. Then we walk into private voting booths to cast our handwritten ballots. We deliver those ballots to the counting machine, and we’re on our way with “I Voted” stickers on our shirts.
Read Full Story > Get Out and Vote: Accessible Voting in New Hampshire Is Here to Stay!
Grant funding from the NH Department of Education to Allow for Training of Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments
Concord, NH – August 25, 2016: With a generous grant from the New Hampshire Department of Education a research pilot study will be implemented which will seek to provide a small team of Teachers of Students with Visual Impairments (TVI’s) with an introduction to Communities of Practice (CoPs), additional education in available assistive technologies and common ways to leverage technology to accelerate learning, as well as strategies to provide timely and cost effective accessible materials to students with vision impairment.
Read Full Story > NH Association for the Blind to Pilot an Accessible Materials and Technology Study